What is Oat Treats' relevant cost?  What does Simmons Cereal's offer cost?  If Oat Treats accepts the offer, what will the effect on profit be? Incremental dollar amount =  _________ Increase or Decrease

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Oat Treats manufactures various types of cereal bars featuring oats. Simmons Cereal Company has approached Oat Treats with a proposal to sell the company its top selling oat cereal bar at a price of $27,500 for 20,000 bars. The costs shown are associated with production of 20,000 oat bars currently:

 

The manufacturing overhead consists of $3,000 of variable costs with the balance being allocated to fixed costs.

PLEASE NOTE: Costs per unit are rounded to two decimal places and shown with "$" and commas as needed (i.e. $1,234.56). All other dollar amounts are rounded to whole dollars and shown with "$" and commas as needed (i.e. $12,345).  

  1. What is Oat Treats' relevant cost? 
  2. What does Simmons Cereal's offer cost? 
  3. If Oat Treats accepts the offer, what will the effect on profit be?
    • Incremental dollar amount =  _________
    • Increase or Decrease?  . ___________
    • Please note: Your answer is either "Increase" or "Decrease" - capital first letters and no quotes.

  

Direct material
$14,000
6,000
8,000
Direct labor
Manufacturing overhead
Total
$28,000
Transcribed Image Text:Direct material $14,000 6,000 8,000 Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Total $28,000
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