Question

Paxton Company can produce a component of its product that incurs the following costs per unit: direct materials, $10; direct labor, $14, variable overhead $3 and fixed overhead, $8. An outside supplier has offered to sell the product to Paxton for $32. Compute the net incremental cost or savings of buying the component.

Answer 1

$5 per unit

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we compare the total cost and outside supplier cost which are shown below:

Total cost = Direct material per unit + direct labor per unit + variable overhead per unit

= $10 + $14 + $3

= $27

And, the outside supplier cost is $32

So, the incremental cost would be

= $32 - $27

= $5 per unit

The fixed cost would remain unchanged. So, we do not consider it.