A company normally sells a product for $25 per unit. Variable per unit costs for this product are: $3 direct materials, $5 direct labor, and $2 variable overhead. The company is currently operating at 100% of capacity producing 30,000 units per year. Total fixed costs are $75,000 per year. The company should accept a special order for 1,000 units which would be sold for $13 per unit because the special order price exceeds variable costs. True or False True False

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Karsyn Marshall

3 August, 10:34

A company normally sells a product for $25 per unit. Variable per unit costs for this product are: $3 direct materials, $5 direct labor, and $2 variable overhead. The company is currently operating at 100% of capacity producing 30,000 units per year. Total fixed costs are $75,000 per year. The company should accept a special order for 1,000 units which would be sold for $13 per unit because the special order price exceeds variable costs. True or False True False

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Kendall Brennan · Answer 1

False

Explanation:

Currently the company is working at full capacity and they are selling their total production at $25 per unit. If they accepted the special order, they would be receiving less money per unit sold: normal price per unit - special order price = $25 - $13 = $12, so they would be losing $12 per unit sold. The only way that they could accept this special order is if they can work overtime and produce 31,000 units instead or 30,000.