BUS-FPX4064 Assessment 2 Part 1 Report

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Applying Cost Accounting Concepts to analyze and Estimate costs 1 Applying Cost Accounting Concepts to Analyze and Estimate Costs Adi’Yah Williams Capella University
Applying Cost Accounting Concepts to analyze and Estimate costs 2 1. Analyze the data and your results. Explain your reasons for supporting or rejecting your cost equation. Show all calculations. There are a variety of delivery services that each company provides. Management is seeking the volume of a specific delivery that generates a pre-tax amount of $11,000 per month in operating profit. Overhead costs are estimated at $9,900 monthly for fixed costs and $12 for each delivery for variable expenses. The company should use regression analysis to evaluate its data. The monthly overhead is $26,501+ $10.70 per delivery based on the analysis of the volume of deliveries that would generate $11,000 per month in operating profits prior to taxes. If the company charges $22 for each delivery and the variable cost is $12 for each delivery, the contribution margin is $10. The contribution margin to calculate the number of deliveries required to generate $11,000 in operating profits: Number of deliveries = Operating profit / Contribution margin Number of deliveries = $11,000 / $10 Number of deliveries = 1,100 The company would need to have 1,100 monthly deliveries in order to generate the pre- taxed amount of $11,000 in operating profits.
Applying Cost Accounting Concepts to analyze and Estimate costs 3 2. Write a report that informs management about the correct volume that will generate $11,000 per month in operating profits before taxes. To Management: This report aims to represent our analysis result to determine the volume of deliveries required to generate $11,000 pre-tax and operating profits. While given the previous data, the monthly overhead is estimated at $26,501 plus $10.70 for each delivery. $26,50 represents the fixed costs, while $ 10.75 represents the delivery cost. We have also compared the actual and predicted costs for each month and found the anticipated expenses are reasonably similar to the actual costs. There are differences in the predicted costs for some months because some factors are not included in the regression equation, such as changes in market conditions or one-time events. The company charges $22 per delivery, and the variable costs $12. Therefore, the contribution margin is 10. That's the company's $22 per delivery minus the variable expense per delivery. We will use the contribution margin to calculate the deliveries required to generate $11,000 in operating profit before taxes. Number of deliveries = Operating profit / Contribution margin Number of deliveries = $11,000 / $10 Number of deliveries = 1,100 The company would need to have 1,100 monthly deliveries in order to generate the pre- taxed amount of $11,000 in operating profits. Considering our analysis, we recommend the company make 1,100 deliveries monthly to achieve the $11,000 before tax. We utilized regression analysis to evaluate the cost equation, which provides a more precise estimation of the fixed and variable
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Applying Cost Accounting Concepts to analyze and Estimate costs 4 costs. We also operated the contribution margin to help determine the volume of deliveries required to reach that $11,000 operations profit goal. If the company regularly monitors the volume of deliveries and operating profits, the goal is to have a higher likelihood of success.