Greystone Corporation manufactures windows for the home building industry. The window frames are produced in the Frame Division. The frames are then transferred to the Glass Division, where the glass and hardware are installed. The company’s best selling product is a three-by-four-foot, double-paned operable-windows. The standard cost of the window is detailed below:                                       Frame Division              Glass Division Direct Material                             P15                             P30 Direct Labor                                  20                              15 Variable overhead                          30                              30 Total                                           65                               75 *Not including the transfer price for the frame.               The Frame Division can also sell frames directly to custom home builders, who install the glass and hardware at P80. The markets for both frames and finished windows exhibit perfect competition. REQUIRED: Assume that there is no excess capacity in the Frame Division. Use the general rule to compute the transfer price for window frames. Assume that there is excess capacity in the Frame Division. Use the general rule to compute the transfer price for window frames. Suppose the predetermined fixed overhead rate in the Frame Division is 125 percent of direct labor cost. Calculate the transfer price if it is based on standard full cost plus a 10 percent markup.

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Greystone Corporation manufactures windows for the home building industry. The window frames are produced in the Frame Division. The frames are then transferred to the Glass Division, where the glass and hardware are installed. The company’s best selling product is a three-by-four-foot, double-paned operable-windows. The standard cost of the window is detailed below:

 

                                    Frame Division              Glass Division

Direct Material                             P15                             P30

Direct Labor                                  20                              15

Variable overhead                          30                              30

Total                                           65                               75

*Not including the transfer price for the frame.

 

            The Frame Division can also sell frames directly to custom home builders, who install the glass and hardware at P80. The markets for both frames and finished windows exhibit perfect competition.

REQUIRED:

  1. Assume that there is no excess capacity in the Frame Division. Use the general rule to compute the transfer price for window frames.
  2. Assume that there is excess capacity in the Frame Division. Use the general rule to compute the transfer price for window frames.
  3. Suppose the predetermined fixed overhead rate in the Frame Division is 125 percent of direct labor cost. Calculate the transfer price if it is based on standard full cost plus a 10 percent markup.
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