10-1 Responsibility Accounting System CHAPTER 11 Managerial Accounting 17th edition 1 10-2 Decentralization in Organizations: Benefits ◦ Top management freed to concentrate on overall strategy. ◦ Lower-level decisions often based on better operational decisions. ◦ Lower level managers can respond quickly to customers. ◦ Lower-level managers gain experience in decisionmaking. ◦ Increases motivation resulting in increased job satisfaction and retention. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 2 10-2 Decentralization in Organizations: Disadvantages 10-3 ◦ Lower-level managers may make decisions without seeing the “big picture.” ◦ May be a lack of coordination among autonomous managers. ◦ Lower-level managers’ objectives may not be those of the organization. ◦ May be difficult to spread innovative ideas in the organization. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 3 10-4 Responsibility Accounting Responsibility accounting systems link lower-level managers’ decision-making authority with accountability for the outcomes of those decisions. The term responsibility center is used for any part of an organization whose manager has control over, and is accountable for cost, profit, or investments. Responsibility centers: ◦ Cost centers ◦ Profit centers ◦ Investment centers Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 4 10-3 10-5 Cost Center A segment whose manager has control over costs but not over revenue or investment funds Service departments such as accounting, general administration, legal, and personnel are usually classified as cost centers, as are manufacturing facilities. Standard cost variances and flexible budget variances, such as those discussed in earlier chapters, are often used to evaluate cost center performance. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 5 10-6 Profit Center A segment whose manager has control over BOTH costs and revenues, but no control over investment funds Revenues: ◦ Sales ◦ Interest ◦ Other Costs: ◦ Manufacturing costs ◦ Commissions ◦ Salaries ◦ Other Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 6 10-4 10-7 Investment Center A segment whose manager has control over costs, revenues, and investments in operating assets Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 7 10-8 Learning Objective 1 Compute return on investment (ROI) and show how changes in sales, expenses, and assets affect ROI. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 8 10-5 10-9 Return on Investment (ROI) Formula ROI = Net operating income Average operating assets Net operating income is the income before interest and taxes (EBIT). Average operating assets is the cash, accounts receivable, inventory, plant and equipment, and other productive assets. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 9 10-10 Net Book Value versus Gross Cost Most companies use the net book value of depreciable assets to calculate average operating assets. Acquisition cost Less: Accumulated depreciation Net book value Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 10 10-6 10-11 Understanding ROI Du Pont pioneered the use of ROI and recognized the importance of looking at the components of ROI Improved by increasing sales or reducing operating expenses Excessive funds tied up in operating assets depress turnover and lower ROI ROI = Net operating income Average operating assets Margin = Net operating income Sales Turnover = Sales Average operating assets ROI = Margin × Turnover Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 11 10-12 Increasing ROI: An Example Regal Company reports the following: Net operating income Average operating assets Sales Operating expenses $ 30,000 200,000 500,000 470,000 What is Regal Company’s ROI? Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 12 10-7 Increasing ROI: An Example – Solution 10-13 ROI = Margin Turnover ROI = Net operating income Sales × Sales Average operating assets ROI = $30,000 $500,000 × $500,000 $200,000 ROI = 6% 2.5 = 15% Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 13 Investing in Operating Assets to Increase Sales: An Example Suppose that Regal’s manager invests in a $30,000 piece of equipment that increases sales by $35,000, while increasing operating expenses by $15,000. Regal Company reports the following: Net operating income Average operating assets Sales Operating expenses $ 50,000 230,000 535,000 485,000 Let’s calculate the new ROI! Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 14 10-14 10-8 Investing in Operating Assets to Increase Sales: An Example – Solution 10-15 ROI = Margin Turnover Net operating income Sales × Sales Average operating assets $50,000 $535,000 ROI = × $535,000 $230,000 ROI = ROI = 9.35% 2.33 = 21.8% ROI increased from 15% to 21.8%. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 15 10-16 Criticisms of ROI In the absence of the balanced scorecard, management may not know how to increase ROI. Managers often inherit many committed costs over which they have no control. Managers evaluated on ROI may reject profitable investment opportunities. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 16 10-9 10-17 Learning Objective 2 Compute residual income and understand its strengths and weaknesses. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 17 Residual Income – Another Measure of Performance Residual income is the net operating income that an investment center earns above the minimum required return on its assets Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 18 10-18 10-10 10-19 Calculating Residual Income Residual income = Net operating income − (Average operating assets × Minimum required rate of return) This computation differs from ROI. ROI measures net operating income earned relative to the investment in average operating assets. Residual income measures net operating income earned less the minimum required return on average operating assets. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 19 10-20 Residual Income – An Example The Retail Division of Zephyr, Inc. has average operating assets of $100,000 and is required to earn a return of 20% on these assets. In the current period, the division earns $30,000. Let’s calculate residual income! Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 20 10-11 10-21 Residual Income – An Example: Solution Operating assets Required rate of return Minimum required return $100,000 × 20% $ 20,000 Actual income Minimum required return Residual income $ 30,000 (20,000) $ 10,000 Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 21 10-22 Motivation and Residual Income Residual income encourages managers to make profitable investments that would be rejected by managers using ROI Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 22 10-12 10-23 Concept Check 1 Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has a net operating income of $60,000 and average operating assets of $300,000. The required rate of return for the company is 15%. What is the division’s ROI? A. 25% B. 5% C. 15% D. 20% Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 23 10-24 Concept Check 2 Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has a net operating income of $60,000 and average operating assets of $300,000. If the manager of the division is evaluated based on ROI, will she want to make an investment of $100,000 that would generate additional net operating income of $18,000 per year? A. Yes B. No Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 24 10-13 10-25 Concept Check 3 The company’s required rate of return is 15%. Would the company want the manager of the Redmond Awnings division to make an investment of $100,000 that would generate additional net operating income of $18,000 per year? A. Yes B. No Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 25 10-26 Concept Check 4 Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has a net operating income of $60,000 and average operating assets of $300,000. The required rate of return for the company is 15%. What is the division’s residual income? A. $240,000 B. $45,000 C. $15,000 D. $51,000 Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 26 10-14 10-27 Concept Check 5 If the manager of the Redmond Awnings division is evaluated based on residual income, will she want to make an investment of $100,000 that would generate additional net operating income of $18,000 per year? A. Yes B. No Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 27 Divisional Comparisons and Residual Income The residual income approach has one major disadvantage: It cannot be used to compare the performance of divisions of different sizes. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 28 10-28 10-15 10-29 Zephyr, Inc. – Part 1 Recall the following information for the Retail and Wholesale Divisions of Zephyr, Inc.: Retail Wholesale $100,000 $1,000,000 Required rate of return × 20% 20% Minimum required return $ 20,000 $ 200,000 Retail Wholesale Actual income $30,000 $220,000 Minimum required return (20,000) (200,000) Residual income $10,000 $ 20,000 Operating assets Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 29 10-30 Zephyr, Inc. – Part 2 The residual income numbers suggest that the Wholesale Division outperformed the Retail Division because its residual income is $10,000 higher. However, the Retail Division earned an ROI of 30% compared to an ROI of 22% for the Wholesale Division. The Wholesale Division’s residual income is larger than the Retail Division simply because it is a bigger division. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 30 10-16 10-31 Learning Objective 3 Compute transfer price and encourage corporate goal congruence Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 31 10-32 Transfer price A TRANSFER PRICE is the price at which goods and services are transferred from one department to another. Transfer pricing is used when divisions of an organisation need to charge other divisions of the same organisation for goods and services they provide to them. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 32 10-17 10-33 Transfer price DIVISION A DIVISION B EXTERNAL CUSTOMER If Division A is a profit centre and it needs a ‘revenue’ from a TP. Division B realise that Division A does not make the goods for free, Division B needs a ‘cost’ from a TP. The TP is therefore a signalling mechanism, hopefully to encourage divisional managers to act in a way to maximise shareholder wealth (goal congruence). Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 33 10-34 Benefits of transfer pricing Encourage goal congruence Discourage dysfunctional decision making Allow reasonable measure of managerial performance Support divisional autonomy Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 34 10-18 10-35 General rules Transfer prices should fall between: The minimum price (Floor price): The sum of the supplying division’s marginal cost and opportunity cost of the item transferred. The maximum price (Ceilling price): The lowest market price at which the receiving division could purchase the goods or services externally less any internal cost savings in packaging and delivery. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 35 10-36 Example of general rules Division X produces product L at a marginal cost per unit of £100. If a unit is transferred internally to division Y £25 is forgone on an external sale. The item can be purchased externally for £150. Calculate the minimum and maximum transfer price. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 36 10-19 10-37 Answer The minimum price: division X will not agree to a transfer price of less than £125 = (100 + 25) The maximum price: division Y will not agree to a transfer price in excess of £150. The difference between the minimum and maximum (£25) represents the savings from producing internally as opposed to buying externally. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 37 10-38 Opportunity cost The opportunity cost included in determining the lower limit will be one of the following: 1. The maximum contribution forgone by the supplying division in transferring internally rather than selling goods externally 2. The contribution forgone by not using the same facilities in the producing division for their next best alternative use. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 38 10-20 10-39 Opportunity cost 3. Standard variable cost of production if there is no external market and no alternative use 4. If there is an external market for the item being transferred and no alternative more profitable use for the facilities in that division, transfer price = market price Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 39 10-40 The transfer price at full and spare capacity Strike Co focused exclusively on making soles for work boots and football boots which it sold to boot manufacturers. Last year the company expanded into making football boots. The company is now set up at two divisions; Boot and Sole. The Boot division purchases its soles from outside suppliers. Management have decided that Boot should by some soles from its own Sole division. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 40 10-21 CONTRIBUTION MARGINS Boot division £ Sole division £ Selling price of boot 100 Selling price of sole 28 Variable cost of boot excluding sole 45 Variable cost per sole 21 Cost of sole purchased from outside supplier 25 Contribution per unit 30 Contribution per unit 7 Suggest a fair transfer price if Sole sells 10,000 soles to Boot. The answer depends on whether the Sole division has spare capacity. ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. 41 10-42 No spare capacity If the Sole division has no spare capacity it must charge Boot a price that will cover its variable costs plus the lost contribution from not selling to the external market. £21 + £7 = £28 Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 42 10-22 10-43 Spare capacity Assume the Sole division has available capacity of 10,000 units The minimum transfer price is £21 The maximum is £25 because Boot can buy from external suppliers at this price. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 43 10-44 Transfer pricing method Practical method Market Price Costplus Price Two part TP Dual Pricing Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 44 10-23 10-45 Market price basis If an external market price exists for transferred goods, profit centre managers will be aware of the price they could obtain or would have to pay for goods on the external market. They will compare market price with transfer price. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 45 10-46 Market price basis External sales Costs of production Company profit A B Total £ £ £ 8,000 24,000 32,000 12,000 10,000 22,000 10,000 A company has two profit centres, A and B. A sells half its output on the open market and transfers the other half to B What are the consequences of setting a transfer price at market value? Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 46 10-24 10-47 Market price basis A B £ £ Market sales 8,000 Transfer sales 8,000 £ 16,000 Transfer costs Own costs Profit Total £ £ 24,000 32,000 24,000 8,000 12,000 10,000 22,000 12,000 18,000 4,000 6,000 10,000 Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 47 10-48 Market price basis If the transfer price is at market price, A would be happy to sell the output to B for £8,000 which is what A would get by selling it externally instead of transferring it. The transfer sales of A cancel with the transfer cost of B so overall profit is unaffected but spread between A and B. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 48 10-25 10-49 CONSEQUENCES Market price basis A division earns the same profit on transfers as on external sales. B division must pay a commercial price for goods. Both divisions have their profit measured in a fair way. A division will be indifferent about selling externally or transferring to B division. B division can ask for as many units as it wants from A division. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 49 10-50 The merits of market value BASIS Divisional autonomy Corporate profit maximisation Divisional performance measurement Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 50 10-26 10-51 Disadvantages of market value BASIS The market price may be temporary It may act as a disincentive to use up spare capacity Many products do not have a market price There might be an imperfect external market Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 51 10-52 Cost based approaches Problems arise with the use of cost based transfer prices because one party or the other is liable to perceive them as unfair. Cost based approaches to transfer pricing are often used because; 1. There is no external market for the product being transferred 2. The external market is imperfect Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 52 10-27 10-53 Transfer prices based on full cost The full cost which includes an apportion of fixed overheads incurred by the supplying division is charged to the receiving division The division supplying the product makes NO PROFIT so it is not motivated to supply internally Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 53 10-54 Transfer price at variable cost THE SUPPLYING DIVISION DOES NOT COVER ITS FIXED COSTS Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 54 10-28 10-55 Transfer price by negotiation Establish the output and sales quantities that will optimise the profits of the company or group as a whole. The range within which transfer prices should fall SUPPLY DIVISION Min TP = Unit incremental cost + Opportunity cost per unit BUYING DIVISION Max TP = External purchase price – saving cost Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 55 10-56 Transfer price and cost identification A predetermined standard cost should be used to prevent divisional profit being distorted. The Transfer price should be based on total cost to ensure overheads are recovered by the supplying division. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 56 10-29 10-57 Transfer price and cost identification However, the supplying divisions fixed costs will then be perceived as variable by the receiving division. The supplying division may also ‘over recover’ its fixed costs. This may lead the recovering division to outsource purchases when this is sub-optimal for the overall business. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 57 10-58 Two-part transfer price As the name suggests, the transfer is accounted for in two parts: Part 1 = standard variable cost Part 2 = periodic fixed charge This ensures the recovering division is aware of the cost behaviour patterns of the supplying division. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 58 10-30 10-59 Dual pricing transfer price Each division records the TP at a different amount to encourage optimal decision making. Supplying division – records revenue at market price or full cost-plus price. Receiving division – records purchases at the supplying divisions standard variable cost only. Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 59 10-60 Transfer price and cost identification The dual pricing method and Two part pricing method can be effective in avoiding sub-optimal decisions but it can be administratively cumbersome Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 60 10-31 10-61 CONCEPT CHECK 6A Basic situation MCa = £30 MCb = £55 Sale Price = £120 Div A Div B sell outside ◦ Div A makes goods at a marginal cost/unit (MCa) of £30 ◦ Div B takes A’s product and turns it into a finished good incurring its own cost of £55 (MCb). (a) Does the company make a positive contribution? (b) What is the minimum TP that A will accept? (c) What is the maximum TP that B will pay? (d) What is an acceptable range of TPs? Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 61 10-62 CONCEPT CHECK 6B A can sell to external market MCa = £30 Div A MCb = £55 Div B Sale Price = £120 (outside) (£3) costs Sales price = £45 (outside) A wants to maximise its own profits. It can sell externally and/or internally. (a) What is the net sales price/unit A gets selling externally? (b) What is the max TP B will pay? (c) What is the lowest TP A will accept if A is at full capacity? (d) What is the lowest TP A willaccept if A has spare capacity? Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 62 10-32 10-63 CONCEPT CHECK 6C A can sell to external market MCa = £30 Div A MCb = £55 Div B Sale Price = £120 (outside) (£3) costs Sales price = £45 (outside) External supplier purchase price = £39 What should each division do to maximise company profitability (a) If A is at full capacity, what is the situation? (b) If A has spare capacity, what is the situation? Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 63 10-64 CONCEPT CHECK 6D A can sell to external market MCa = £30 Div A MCb = £55 Div B Sale Price = £120 (outside) (£3) costs Sales price = £45 (outside) External supplier purchase price = £26 What should each division do to maximise company profitability (a) If A is at full capacity, what is the situation? (b) If A has spare capacity, what is the situation? Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 64 10-33 10-65 CONCEPT CHECK 6E C and V are two divisions of a company. Division C makes a product, Mad. Unit production cost and the market price are as follows: Labour Materials Absorbed fixed cost Total Absorption Cost Prevailing market price £26 £14 £8 £48 £64 Mad is sold outside the company to an external market and also internally to Division V. Division C incurs an £8 variable selling cost if it sells Mad outside. Total demand for Mad is sufficient for Division C to manufacture to capacity. What is the minimum transferprice the company will set? Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 65 10-66 End of Chapter 11 Copyright © 2022 McGraw Hill. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill. 66