Question

Balser Corporation manufactures and sells a number of products, including a product called JYMP. Results for last year for the manufacture and sale of JYMPs are as follows: Sales $ 960,000 Less expenses: Variable production costs $ 464,000 Sales commissions 144,000 Salary of product manager 100,000 Fixed product advertising 160,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead 132,000 1,000,000 Net operating loss $ (40,000 ) Balser is trying to decide whether to discontinue the manufacture and sale of JYMPs. All expenses other than fixed manufacturing overhead are avoidable if the product is dropped. None of the fixed manufacturing overhead is avoidable. Assume that dropping Product JYMP would result in a $90,000 increase in the contribution margin of other products. If Balser chooses to discontinue JYMP, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) of eliminating this product should be:

Answer 1

$2,000 disadvantage

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the annual financial advantage or disadvantage of eliminating the product is shown below:

Sales $960,000

Less Variable production costs ($464,000)

Less Sales commission ($144,000)

Less salary of product manager ($100,000)

Less fixed product advertising ($160,000.00)

Less contribution margin from other products ($90,000)

Income from JYMP 2,000.00

This is the financial disadvantage for eliminating the product of $2,000 so the company should continue to manufactured the JYMP

And the fixed cost is not considered here as it is not relevant because it has fixed in nature does not have create any impact whether company should manufactured the product or not