Required: a.) Calculate the profits of each of the divisions and the overall profits in Alice Ltd
Question:
Required:
a.) Calculate the profits of each of the divisions and the overall profits in Alice Ltd under the current transfer pricing policy as given in the question. (Include workings on how you derived the transfer price per unit at full cost plus 10%). (8 marks)
b.) If the company grants full autonomy in decision-making to the division managers of Gero and Zino. Evaluate the behavioral implications of the managers’ choice of the transfer price and state whether the transfer from the Gero division to the Zino division will take place.
c.) Calculate the profits of each division and the total profits of Alice Ltd if full autonomy is granted to the division managers. Assume external sales of the Gero Division remained at 25,000 units with no internal transfer sales and all material requirements in Zino Division are purchased from the external supplier. Compare the profits to the answers in part (c).
d.) Write a report to the management of Alice Ltd, to recommend the transfer price that will promote goal congruence. Assume that both Gero and Zino divisions are decentralized and Gero division is able to increase the external sales to 30,000 units, however, the maximum capacity remains at 50,000 units. The number of units produced and sold by the Zino Division remained unchanged at 25,000 units. Your answers should include a table with the computation of the profits of each division and the total profits for Alice Ltd with the recommended transfer price. Justifications to support your answers are required.