Phalanges Systems, Inc. (PSI) makes keypads that it sells to manufacturers of products such as ATMs and
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a. Explain how the overapplied overhead affects the determination of year-end net income.
b. Assume that Ms. Fields used 750,000 keypads as the estimated sales to calculate the predetermined overhead rate. Determine the difference in expected cost per keypad she calculated and the cost per keypad that would result if the marketing department's estimate (850,000 units) had been used.
c. Assuming that PSI uses a cost-plus pricing policy, speculate how Ms. Fields' behavior could be contributing to the decline in sales.
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Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts
ISBN: 978-1259569197
8th edition
Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds, Bor Yi Tsay, Philip Olds
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