Purchase requisitions issued
Service department costs:
a. Allocate Purchasing Department costs according to the number of purchase requisitions issued for a division, and
Payroll Accounting Department costs according to the number of employees in a division.
b. Determine the divisional income from operations for Regions A and B.
188. Paduka Industries has several divisions. The Eastern Division has $350,000 of invested assets, income from
operations of $200,000, and residual income of $151,000. Determine the minimum acceptable return on divisional assets.
189. Bentz Co. has two divisions, A and B. Invested assets and condensed income statement data for each division for the
year ended December 31 are as follows:
Service department allocations
Prepare condensed income statements for the past year for each division.
Using the DuPont formula, determine the profit margin, investment turnover,
and return on investment for each division. Round the profit margin percentage
to two decimal places and investment turnover to four decimal places.
190. Xang Company’s costs were over budget by $46,000. Xang Company is divided into two regions. The first region’s
costs were over budget by $7,000. Determine the amount that the second region’s costs were over or under budget.
191. Materials used by Best Bread Company in producing Division A’s product are currently purchased from outside
suppliers at a cost of $30 per unit. However, the same materials are available from Division B. Division B has unused
capacity and can produce the materials needed by Division A at a variable cost of $20 per unit.
If the negotiated price approach is used, what would be the range of acceptable transfer
prices?
Assuming a transfer price of $25 per unit is established and 60,000 units of material are
transferred, with no reductions in Division B’s current sales, how much would the income
from operations of Division A increase?
Assuming a transfer price of $25 per unit is established and 60,000 units of material are
transferred, with no reductions in Division B’s current sales, how much would the income
from operations of Division B increase?
If a transfer price of $25 per unit is established and 60,000 units of material are transferred,
with no reductions in Division B’s current sales, how much would Best Bread Company’s
total income from operations increase?
192. The materials used by Holly Company’s Division A are currently purchased from an outside supplier. Division B is
able to supply Division A with 20,000 units at a variable cost of $42 per unit. The normal price for which Division B