Question

Pauley Company needs to determine a markup for a new product. Pauley expects to sell 22,000 units and wants a target profit of $16 per unit. Additional information is as follows: Variable product cost per unit $ 18 Variable administrative cost per unit 13 Total fixed overhead 20,500 Total fixed administrative 36,700 Using the variable cost method, what markup percentage to variable cost should be used

Answer 1

variable markup % = 60%

Step-by-step explanation:

total units sold 22,000

total costs associated with selling the 22,000 units:

variable production costs $18 x 22,000 = $396,000

variable S&A costs $13 x 22,000 = $286,000

fixed overhead = $20,500

fixed S&A = $36,700

total costs = $739,200

total cost per unit = $33.60

selling price = $33.60 + $16 = $49.60

markup percentage = [(sales price - unit cost) / unit cost] x 100

the total markup % = [49.60 - 33.60) / 33.60] x 100 = 47.62%

but since we are going to calculate the markup percentage solely based on variable costs, then:

variable cost per unit = $31

selling price = $49.60

the variable markup % = [49.60 - 31) / 31] x 100 = 60%