Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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ISBN: 9781259569562
Author: Ronald W Hilton Proffesor Prof, David Platt
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 50P

Ohio Limestone Company produces thin limestone sheets used for cosmetic facing on buildings. The following income statement represents the operating results for the year just ended. The company had sales of 1,800 tons during the year. The manufacturing capacity of the firm’s facilities is 3,000 tons per year. (Ignore income taxes.)

Chapter 7, Problem 50P, Ohio Limestone Company produces thin limestone sheets used for cosmetic facing on buildings. The

Required:

  1. 1. Calculate the company’s break-even volume in tons for 20x1.
  2. 2. If the sales volume is estimated to be 2,100 tons in the next year, and if the prices and costs stay at the same levels and amounts, what is the net income that management can expect for 20x2?
  3. 3. Ohio Limestone has been trying for years to get a foothold in the European market. The company has a potential German customer that has offered to buy 1,500 tons at $450 per ton. Assume that all of the firm’s costs would be at the same levels and rates as in 20x1. What net income would the firm earn if it took this order and rejected some business from regular customers so as not to exceed capacity?
  4. 4. Ohio Limestone plans to market its product in a new territory. Management estimates that an advertising and promotion program costing $61,500 annually would be needed for the next two or three years. In addition, a $25 per ton sales commission to the sales force in the new territory, over and above the current commission, would be required. How many tons would have to be sold in the new territory to maintain the firm’s current net income? Assume that sales and costs will continue as in 20x1 in the firm’s established territories.
  5. 5. Management is considering replacing its labor-intensive process with an automated production system. This would result in an increase of $58,500 annually in fixed manufacturing costs. The variable manufacturing costs would decrease by $25 per ton. Compute the new break-even volume in tons and in sales dollars.
  6. 6. Ignore the facts presented in requirement (5). Assume that management estimates that the selling price per ton would decline by 10 percent next year. Variable costs would increase by $40 per ton, and fixed costs would not change. What sales volume in dollars would be required to earn a net income of $94,500 next year?

1.

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Calculate the O Limestone Company’s break-even volume in tons for 20x1.

Explanation of Solution

Break-Even Point: It is the point of sales at which entity neither earns a profit nor suffers a loss. It can also be said that the point of sales at which sales value of the entity recovers the entire cost of fixed and variable nature is called break-even point.

Break-Even Point (in units) = Fixed costs Unit contribution margin

Calculate break-even volume in tons.

Break-Even Volumeintons = Fixed costs Unit contribution margin=$247,500$225=1,100 tons

2.

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Calculate the net income, if the sales volume is estimated to be 2,100 tons in the next year and costs stay at the same levels.

Explanation of Solution

Net income: The bottom line of income statement which is the result of excess of earnings from operations (revenues) over the costs incurred for earning revenues (expenses) is referred to as net income.

Calculate the projected net income.

ParticularsAmount ($)
Projected contribution margin (1)$472,500
Projected fixed costs 247,500
Projected net income$225,000

Table (1)

Working Notes:

(1) Calculate the projected contribution margin.

Projected Contribution Margin=(Sales volume×Unit contribution margin)=2,100×$225=$472,500

3.

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Compute the net income, if the order is taken and rejected some business from regular customers so as not to exceed capacity.

Explanation of Solution

Compute the net income.

Step 1: Compute the contribution margin.

ParticularsAmount ($)Amount ($)
Sales in tons1,5001,500
Contribution margin per ton:  
Foreign order (2)×$175 
Regular sales (3) ×    $225
Total contribution margin    $262,500$337,500

Table (2)

Working Notes:

(2) Calculate the foreign order.

Foreign order=(Purchase per tonVariable cost per ton(4))=$450$275=$175

(3) Calculate the regular sales.

Regular Sales=(Sales price per ton for regular orders(5)Variable cost per ton)=$500$275=$225

(4) Calculate the variable cost per ton.

Variable Cost Per Ton=Total variable costSales(in tons)=$495,0001,800=$275 perton

(5) Calculate the sales price per ton for regular orders.

(Sales price per ton for regular orders)=Sales (in dollar)Sales (in tons)=$900,0001,800=$500

Step 2: Compute the net income.

ParticularsAmount ($)
Contribution margin on foreign order$262,500
Contribution margin on regular sales337,500
Total contribution margin$600,000
Fixed costs247,500
Net income$352,500

Table (3)

4.

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Calculate the number of tons to sell in the new territory to maintain the firm’s current net income.

Explanation of Solution

O Limestone Company needs to break even on sales in the new territory, to maintain its current net income. So, calculate the break-even point as given below:

Break-even point in tons = Fixed costs in new territoryUnit contribution margin on sales in new territory= $61,500$225  $25 = 307.5 tons

Hence, the number of tons to sell in the new territory to maintain the firm’s current net income would be 307.5 tons.

5.

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Calculate the new break-even volume in tons and sales dollars, if fixed manufacturing costs increases by $58,500 and variable manufacturing costs decreases by $25 per ton.

Explanation of Solution

Calculate the break-even point in tons.

Break-even point in tons =Fixed costs in new territoryUnit contribution margin on sales in new territory=  $247,500 + $58,500$225 + $25=  $306,000$250 = 1,224 tons

Calculate the break-even point in sales dollars.

Break-even point in sales dollars = (Break-even point in tons× Sales price per ton for regular orders)=1,224 tons × $500 per ton=$612,000

6.

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Calculate the sales volume in dollars to earn a net income of $94,500 next year, if selling price per ton decreases by 10 percent next year and variable cost increases by $40 per ton; fixed cost would not change.

Explanation of Solution

Variable cost: A variable cost is the cost that proportionately changes with the changes in the activity base such as units of production.

Fixed Cost: It is the cost that remains constant in total dollar amount irrespective to the changes in the activity base such as units of production.

Calculate the sales volume in dollars to earn a net income of $94,500 next year.

Step 1: Calculate the new contribution margin ratio.

New contribution margin ratio = $135(1)($500)(90%)= 0.30

Working note:

(1) Calculate new contribution margin.

Contribution-margin ratio  =(Sales price per ton for regular orders×90%)(Variable cos tper ton+Increase in variable cost per ton)=($500×90%)($275+$40)=$135

Step 2: Calculate the sales volume in dollars.

(Dollar sales required to earn target net profit)= Fixed costs + Target net profitContribution margin ratio= $247,500 + $94,500.30= $1,140,000

Hence, the sales volume in dollars to earn a net income of $94,500 next year is $1,140,000.

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