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ACCA F5 “Sensible” transfer pricing to achieve goal congruence

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  1. loukasierides says

    August 14, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    dear sir,

    you might have mentioned it but i missed it, and i might sound stupid for asking but what would happen if there is unlimited demand from both externally and division B?

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    • loukasierides says

      August 14, 2018 at 8:43 pm

      yes i was stupid i got it! we always add the opportunity cost to the marginal cost

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      • John Moffat says

        August 15, 2018 at 12:24 am

        I am please that you have sorted it out 🙂

  2. lachu910 says

    July 31, 2018 at 12:45 pm

    Very well explained ..thanks for making it so clear Sir. 🙂

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    • John Moffat says

      July 31, 2018 at 4:57 pm

      Thank you for you comment 🙂

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  3. simeon374 says

    April 14, 2018 at 3:58 pm

    Sir,
    In example 7 , u said B would buy externally for $14 and make a profit…and that B will not buy from A if they charge $15..so u fixed the max TP of B as >14.
    my question is what if A only charges 13? arent we buying externally at a greater price?

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    • simeon374 says

      April 14, 2018 at 5:15 pm

      Never mind. I got the answer.

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      • John Moffat says

        April 15, 2018 at 10:00 am

        You are welcome!

  4. aiswaryamuralikrishnan says

    December 5, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    Thanks a lot sir 🙂

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    • John Moffat says

      December 5, 2017 at 9:26 pm

      You are welcome 🙂

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  5. barre44 says

    December 5, 2017 at 6:17 am

    Sir,

    I see $20 is marginal cost for Division A, how could 22 is marginal revenue for Division B.

    I thought 20 should be included in the cost so 28 would be Marginal cost for B, and the 2 would be the marginal revenue.

    Hope you got my point.

    Thanks

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    • John Moffat says

      December 5, 2017 at 7:31 am

      Marginal revenue is the selling price less the divisions own marginal costs.

      But just think about what we are doing – we are trying to calculate the maximum B can afford to pay to A. If B sells for 30 and has their own costs of 2, then the most they can afford to pad to A if they are not to make a loss is 28. The words do not matter – what matters is understanding the whole point of it 🙂

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