Alpine Luggage has a capacity to produce 440,000 suitcases per year. The company is currently producing and selling 360,000 units per year at a selling price of $401 per case. The cost of producing and selling one case follows: Variable manufacturing costs $ 165 Fixed manufacturing costs 38 Variable selling and administrative costs 80 Fixed selling and administrative costs 19 Total costs $ 302 The company has received a special order for 20,000 suitcases at a price of $251 per case. It will not have to pay any sales commission on the special order, so the variable selling and administrative costs would be only $49 per suitcase. The special order would have no effect on total fixed costs. The company has rejected the offer based on the following computations: Selling price per case $ 251 Variable manufacturing costs 165 Fixed manufacturing costs 38 Variable selling and administrative costs 49 Fixed selling and administrative costs 19 Net profit (loss) per case $ (20 ) Required: a. What is the impact on profit for the year if Alpine accepts the special order? (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars. Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.) b. Do you agree with the decision to reject the special order? Yes No

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Alpine Luggage has a capacity to produce 440,000 suitcases per year. The company is currently producing and selling 360,000 units per year at a selling price of $401 per case. The cost of producing and selling one case follows:


Variable manufacturing costs	$	165
Fixed manufacturing costs		38
Variable selling and administrative costs		80
Fixed selling and administrative costs		19
Total costs	$	302

The company has received a special order for 20,000 suitcases at a price of $251 per case. It will not have to pay any sales commission on the special order, so the variable selling and administrative costs would be only $49 per suitcase. The special order would have no effect on total fixed costs. The company has rejected the offer based on the following computations:


Selling price per case	$	251
Variable manufacturing costs		165
Fixed manufacturing costs		38
Variable selling and administrative costs		49
Fixed selling and administrative costs		19
Net profit (loss) per case	$	(20	)

Required:

a. What is the impact on profit for the year if Alpine accepts the special order? (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars. Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.)

b. Do you agree with the decision to reject the special order?

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