HORNGRENS COST ACCOUNTING W/ACCESS
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Chapter 22, Problem 22.29P
Goal-congruence problems with cost-plus transfer-pricing methods, dual-pricing system (continuation of 22-28). Assume that Pat Borges, CEO of Cran Health, had mandated a transfer price equal to 225% of full cost. Now he decides to decentralize some management decisions and sends around a memo that states the following: “Effective immediately, each division of Cran Health is free to make its own decisions regarding the purchase of direct materials and the sale of finished products.”
- A. Give an example of a goal-congruence problem that will arise if Cran Health continues to use a transfer price of 225% of full cost and Borges’s decentralization policy is adopted.
- B. Borges feels that a dual transfer-pricing policy will improve goal congruence. He suggests that transfers out of the harvesting division be made at 225% of full cost and transfers into the processing division be made at market price. Compute the operating income of each division under this dual transfer-pricing method when 480,000 pounds of cranberries are harvested during June 2017 and processed into juice.
- C. Why is the sum of the division operating incomes computed in requirement 2 different from Cran Health’s operating income from harvesting and processing 480,000 pounds of cranberries?
- D. Suggest two problems that may arise if Cran Health implements the dual transfer prices described in requirement 2.
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