Question

The following are the Jensen Corporation's unit costs of making and selling an item at a volume of 1,000 units per month (which represents the company's capacity):

Manufacturing:
Direct materials $1.00
Direct labor $2.00
Variable overhead $0.50
Fixed overhead $0.40

Selling and Administrative:
Variable $2.00
Fixed $0.80

Present sales amount to 700 units per month. An order has been received from a customer in a foreign market for 100 units. The order would not affect current sales. Fixed costs, both manufacturing and selling and administrative, are constant within the relevant range between 700 units and 1,000 units. The variable selling and administrative expenses would have to be incurred on this special order as well as for all other sales. Direct labor is a variable cost.

Assume the company has 50 units left over from last year which have small defects and which will have to be sold at a reduced price for scrap. The sale of these defective units will have no effect on the company's other sales. Which of the following costs is relevant in this decision?

a. $3.50 variable manufacturing cost
b. $3.90 unit product cost
c. $2.00 variable selling and administrative cost
d. $6.70 full cost

Answer 1

c. $2.00 variable selling and administrative cost .

Step-by-step explanation:

In managerial accounting, a relevant cost is an avoidable cost that would not have been incurred except in the event of making a particular business decisions. In the above scenario, the only cost that would change if the additional order will be processed was indicated to be the 'variable selling and administrative cost, which then is the relevant cost.