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Polaski Company manufactures and sells a single product called a Ret. Operating at capacity, the company can produce and sell 36,000 Rets per year. Costs associated with this level of production and sales are as follows: Unit Total $ 702.000 450,000 Direct materials $19.50 Direct labour 12.50 Variable manufacturing 7,50 270,000 overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expense Fixed selling expense 486,000 144,000 216,000 13.50 4.00 6.00 Total cost $63.00 $2,268,000 The Rets normally sell for $68 each. Fixed manufacturing overhead is constant at $486,000 per year within the range of 22,000 through 36,000 Rets per year. Required: 1. Assume that, due to a recession, Polaski Company expects to sell only 22,000 Rets through regular channels next year. A large retail chain has offered to purchase 14,000 Rets if Polaski is willing to accept a 16% discount off the regular price. There would be no sales commissions on this order; thus, variable selling expenses would be slashed by 75 %. However, Polaski Company would have to purchase a special machine to engrave the retail chain's name on the 14,000 units. This machine would cost $28,000. Polaski Company has no assurance that the retail chain will purchase additional units any time in the future. Determine the impact on profits next year if this special order is accepted. in Net increase profits 2. Refer to the original data. Assume again that Polaski Company expects to sell only 22,000 Rets through regular channels next year. The Canadian Forces would like to make a one-time-only purchase of 14,000 Rets. The Forces would pay a fixed fee of $2.20 per Ret, and in addition it would reimburse Polaski Company for all costs of production (variable and fixed) associated with the units. Since the Forces would pick up the Rets with its own trucks, there would be no variable selling expenses of any type associated with this order. If Polaski Company accepts this order, by how much will profits be increased or decreased for the year? in Net increase profits 3. Assume that Polaski Company expects to sell only 36,000 Rets through regular channels next year. The Canadian Forces would like to make a one-time-only purchase of 14,000 Rets. The Forces would pay a fixed fee of $2.20 per Ret, and in addition it would reimburse Polaski Company for all costs of production (variable and fixed) associated with the units. Thus, accepting the Canadian Forces' order would require giving up regular sales of 14,000 Rets. If the Forces' order is accepted, by how much will profits be increased or decreased from what they would be if the 14,000 Rets were sold through regular channels? in Net decrease profits

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