Tyson Hats Corporation manufactures three different models of hats: Vogue, Beauty, and Glamour. Tyson expects to incur $550,000 of overhead cost during the next fiscal year. Other budget information follows.
Vogue Beauty Glamour Total
Direct labor hours 6,000 8,000 11,000 25,000
Machine hours 1,100 1,400 3,000 5,500
Required
a. Use direct labor hours as the cost driver to compute the allocation rate and the budgeted overhead cost for each product.
Product Allocation Rate Weight of Base Allocated Cost
Vogue
Beauty
Glamour
Total:
b. Use machine hours as the cost driver to compute the allocation rate and the budgeted overhead cost for each product.
ProductAllocation RateWeight of BaseAllocated Cost
Vogue
Beauty
Glamour
Total:

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?