2. Accounting
3. problems1 pristine co has provided the following production and sales...

# Question: problems1 pristine co has provided the following production and sales...

###### Question details

Problems

1. Pristine Co has provided the following production and sales information for each pair of its dress shoes:

Direct materials $22 Direct labour 35 Variable factory overhead 15 Selling price 180 Sales commissions 10% of the selling price The fixed costs for the period are$1,345,000.

Required:

a) Calculate the beak-even point.

b) Calculate the number of pairs that must be sold to achieve a profit of $63,000. What is the margin of safety at the sales level? c) Would it be better to sell 16,000 pairs at a selling price of$180 each or 19,000 pairs at a selling price of $160? d) If an additional$63,270 is spent on fixed advertising costs, what level of dollar sales must be attained to earn a new profit of $36,000? Assume that there has been no change in the sales price. e) Assume an income tax rate of 30%. Using the given information, how many pairs of shoes need to be sold to earn an after-tax profit of$37,800?