Question 66
A division of company XYZ has reported an operating profit of $350,000 and its residual income (RI) has been calculated as $60,000. The company's cost of capital is 12%.
The division's return on investment (ROI) is:
Question 67
A company's competitor has just launched a rival product at a selling price of $38 per unit. Until now the company's selling price of $41.60 per unit has achieved a 30% mark-up on the product's unit cost. The company proposes to use a target costing approach to pricing to remain competitive.
Management has decided to match the competitor's selling price and has set a target cost to achieve a
20% return on the target price.
What is the cost gap?