Question

1. Decision on Accepting Additional Business

   Brightstone Tire and Rubber Company has capacity to produce 247,000 tires. Brightstone presently produces and sells 189,000 tires for the North American market at a price of $109 per tire. Brightstone is evaluating a special order from a European automobile company, Euro Motors. Euro is offering to buy 29,000 tires for $90.75 per tire. Brightstone's accounting system indicates that the total cost per tire is as follows:

   Direct materials	$41
   Direct labor	15
   Factory overhead (70% variable)	25
   Selling and administrative expenses (40% variable)	22
   Total	$103

   Brightstone pays a selling commission equal to 5% of the selling price on North American orders, which is included in the variable portion of the selling and administrative expenses. However, this special order would not have a sales commission. If the order was accepted, the tires would be shipped overseas for an additional shipping cost of $6 per tire. In addition, Euro has made the order conditional on receiving European safety certification. Brightstone estimates that this certification would cost $168,200.

   a. Prepare a The area of accounting concerned with the effect of alternative courses of action on revenues and costs.differential analysis dated January 21 on whether to reject (Alternative 1) or accept (Alternative 2) the special order from Euro Motors. If an amount is zero, enter zero "0". If required, round interim calculations to two decimal places.

   Differential Analysis
   Reject Order (Alt. 1) or Accept Order (Alt. 2)
   January 21
   	Reject Order (Alternative 1)	Accept Order (Alternative 2)	Differential Effect on Income (Alternative 2)
   Revenues	$	$	$
   Costs:
   Direct materials
   Direct labor
   Variable factory overhead
   Variable selling and admin. expenses
   Shipping costs
   Certification costs
   Income (Loss)	$	$	$

   Determine whether to reject (Alternative 1) or accept (Alternative 2) the special order from Euro Motors.

   • Accept the special order
   • Reject the special order

   b. What is the minimum price per unit that would be financially acceptable to Brightstone? Round your answer to two decimal places.
   $per unit

Answer 1

Solution a:

Differential Analysis Reject order (Alt 1) or Accept Order (Alt 2) January 21
Particulars	Reject order (Alt 1)	Accept order (Alt 2)	Differential effect on income (Alt 2)
Revenues	$0.00	$26,31,750.00	$26,31,750.00
Variable costs:
Direct material	$0.00	$11,89,000.00	$11,89,000.00
Direct labor	$0.00	$4,35,000.00	$4,35,000.00
Variable factory Overhead	$0.00	$5,07,500.00	$5,07,500.00
Variable selling and administrative expenses [($22*40% - $109*5%)*29000]	$0.00	$97,150.00	$97,150.00
Shipping cost	$0.00	$1,74,000.00	$1,74,000.00
Certification cost	$0.00	$1,68,200.00	$1,68,200.00
Income (Loss)	$0.00	$60,900.00	$60,900.00

Solution b:

Minimum price per unit = Total Cost on special order / units = (2631750 - 60900) / 29000 = $88.65