Question

Poppycrock, Inc., manufactures large crates of microwaveable popcorn that are typically sold to distributors. Its main factory has the capacity to manufacture and sell 35,000 crates per month. The following information is available for the factory. Sales price per crate $ 24.00 Variable cost per crate: Direct materials 5.50 Direct labor 10.50 Variable overhead 3.80 Fixed costs per month $ 111,000.00 Boys and Girls of Canada is a not-for-profit organization that raises funds each year by selling popcorn door-to-door. It offers to pay Poppycrock $22 per crate for a special-order batch of 5,000 crates. The special-order popcorn would include a unique label with information about the Boys and Girls of Canada. The additional cost of the label is estimated at $1.00 per crate. In addition, the variable overhead for these special-order crates would decrease by $0.50 because there would be no distribution costs. a. What is the incremental cost of creating a normal crate of popcorn

Answer 1

$20.30

Step-by-step explanation:

For computation of incremental cost of creating a normal crate of popcorn first we need to find out the incremental cost for normal crate which is shown below:-

Incremental cost for normal crate = Direct materials + Direct labor + Variable overhead

= $5.50 + $10.50 + $3.80

= $19.80 per crate

Incremental cost for normal crate = Direct materials + Direct labor + Reduced variable overhead + Label cost

= $5.50 + $10.50 + ($3.80 - $0.50) + $1.00

= $5.50 + $10.50 + $3.30 + $1.00

= $20.30

Therefore for computing the Incremental cost for normal crate we simply applied the above formula.