Hinton Corporation Includes Two Divisions,Filter Division and Motor Division

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Essay

Hinton Corporation includes two divisions,Filter Division and Motor Division.The Filter Division makes specialized filters,including one that could be used by the Motor Division.Costs for the filter are variable costs,$16; fixed costs,$20.Filter Division has capacity to make 20,000 of the filters,and it is operating at capacity.It sells the filters to other companies for $52 each.The Motor Division needs 8,000 filters per year,and it has been purchasing them from another company for $45 each.
Required:
1)Businesses traditionally have used different bases for establishing transfer prices.What basis should be used in this case?
2)If a transfer were to occur between Filter Division and Motor Division,what is the maximum that Motor Division should be willing to pay for the filters?
3)If a transfer were to occur between Filter Division and Motor Division,what is the minimum price that Filter Division should be willing to accept?
4)Do you recommend that a transfer occur between Filter Division and Motor Division? If the transfer did occur,what would be the effect on the overall profits of Hinton Corporation?