Reference no: EM133186610
Question - CD is a produceer of soft drinks. The company has two divisions: Division C and D. Division C manufactures metal cans that are sold to division D and also to external customers. Division D produces soft drinks and sells them to external customers in a cans that it obtains fro division C,
DIVISION C ANNUAL BUDGET INFORMATION
Market selling price per 1 000 cans N$ 130
Variable cost per can N$ 0.04
Fixed costs N$ 2.4 million
Production capacity 40 million cans
External demand for cans 38 million cans
Demand for division D 20 million cans
DIVISION D ANNUAL BUDGET INFORMATION
Selling price per canned soft drink N$ 0.50
Other variable costs per canned soft drink (excluding the can) N$ 0.15
Cost of a can (from division C) At transfer price
Fixed cost N$ 1 750 000
Transfer pricing policy:
Division C is required to satisfy the demand of division D before selling cans externally. The transfer price for a can is full cost-plus 20%.
Required -
a) Produce the profit statement for each division showing sales, costs and the overall total profit of CD. (Show external sales and inter-divisional transfer separately where appropriate).
b) Suppose division D supplies the external market with 20 million cans and divisions' demand has grown to the total production capacity of division C from the current 20 million cans. Division C external selling price is N$ 150 per 1,000 cans. Calculate the minimum transfer price to division D.