It Costs Garner Company $12 of Variable and $5 of Fixed

question 80

Multiple Choice

It costs Garner Company $12 of variable and $5 of fixed costs to produce one bathroom scale which normally sells for $35. A foreign wholesaler offers to purchase 2,000 scales at $15 each. Garner would incur special shipping costs of $1 per scale if the order were accepted. Garner has sufficient unused capacity to produce the 2,000 scales. If the special order is accepted, what will be the effect on net income?

• A) $4,000 increase
• B) $4,000 decrease
• C) $6,000 decrease
• D) $30,000 increase

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Definitions:

Budgeting

The process of creating a plan to spend your money, forecasting future income and expenses over a specified period.

Activity Variance

The difference between planned activity levels or costs and actual activity levels or costs.

Other Expenses

Expenses not directly tied to the production of goods or services, such as administrative and selling expenses.

Budgeting

The practice of formulating a budget to dictate how you’ll use your money, identifying prospective financial aims and the approaches to attain them.