Fundamentals Of Cost Accounting (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259969478
Author: WILLIAM LANEN, Shannon Anderson, Michael Maher
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 42P
Cost Data for Managerial Purposes
Campus Package Delivery (CPD) provides delivery services in and around Paradise. Its profits have been declining, and management is planning to add an express service that is expected to increase revenue by $50,000 per year. The total cost to lease the necessary additional package delivery vehicles from the local dealer is $7,500 per year. The present manager will continue to supervise all services at no increase in salary. Due to expansion, however, the labor costs and utilities would increase by 50 percent. Rent and other costs will increase by 20 percent.
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- a. Prepare a report of the differential costs and revenues if the express service is added. (Hint: Use the format of Exhibit 1.3.)
- b. Should management start the express service?
- c. Are there factors beyond the differential costs and revenues that management should consider?
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Fundamentals Of Cost Accounting (6th Edition)
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