Question

The company uses the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing described in the text. The pricing calculations are based on budgeted production and sales of 97,000 units per year. The company has invested $380,000 in this product and expects a return on investment of 15%. The selling price based on the absorption costing approach would be closest to: (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Answer 1

$81.96 per unit

Step-by-step explanation:

For computing the selling price using the absorption costing approach we need to do the following calculations which are shown below:

Unit Product Cost = Direct materials + Direct labor + Variable manufacturing overhead + Fixed manufacturing overhead

= $26.50 + 15.50 + 3.70 + [$156,71,400 ÷ 97,000 Units]

= $26.50 + 15.50 + $3.70 + $16.20

= $61.90

Now

Selling and administrative expenses is

=$1,540,000 + [97,000 Units × $3.60]

= $1,540,000 + 349,200

= $1,889,200

And,

Markup on absorption cost

= [(Investment × Return on Investment) + Selling and administrative expenses] ÷ (Number of units × unit product cost)

= [($380,000 × 15%) + 1,889,200] / [97,000 × $61.90]

= $19,46,200 ÷ 60,04,300

= 0.3241 or 32.41%

So,

The selling price based on the absorption costing approach

= Unit product cost × (1 + Markup on absorption cost)

= $61.90 per unit × (1 + 0.3241)

= $81.96 per unit