COST ACCOUNTING
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Chapter 22, Problem 22.23E
A.
To determine
Transfer Pricing:
This refers to a process of pricing in which one sub-unit of an organization charges a price to another sub-unit for supplying a product or service to the sub-unit of the same organization.
To determine: The after-tax operating income be maximized if it sold the 200,000 chainsaws in the U or in F division.
B.
To determine
Whether the transfer price calculated in requirement 2 in 22E result in the division managers of U taking the actions determined to be optimal in requirement 1.
C.
To determine
The minimum transfer price at which the U division manager will agree and does this price results the company in a whole paying more import duty and taxes than the answer to requirement 2 and by how much.
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