Reference no: EM132583422
Hart Company sells and delivers office furniture across Western Canada.
The costs associated with the acquisition and annual operation of a delivery truck are given below:
Insurance$1,750
Licences$250
Taxes (vehicle)$150
Garage rent for parking (per truck)$1,350
Depreciation ($30,000 ÷ 5 years)$6,000
Gasoline, oil, tires, and repairs$0.16/km
Required:
Question 1: Assume that Hart Company owns one truck that has been driven 50,000 kilometres during the first year. Compute the average cost per kilometre of owning and operating the truck. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Question 2: Assume that the company decides to use the truck during the second year. Near year-end, an order is received from a customer over 1,000 kilometres away. What costs from the previous list are relevant in a decision between using the truck to make the delivery and having the delivery done commercially? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)