2 To provide information that is useful for evaluating the managerial and economic performance ofthe divisions.3 To ensure that divisional autonomy is not undermined.4 To intentionally move profits between divisions or locations.Providing information for making good economic decisionsGoods transferred from a supplying division to a receiving division are known as intermediate products.The products sold by a receiving division to the outside world are known as final products. The objectiveof the receiving division is to subject the intermediate product to further processing before it is sold as afinal product in the outside market. The transfer price of the intermediate product represents a cost to thereceiving division and a revenue to the supplying division. Therefore transfer prices are used to determinehow much of the intermediate product will be produced by the supplying division and how much will beacquired by the receiving division. In a centralized company the decision as to whether an intermediateproduct should be sold or processed further is determined by comparing the incremental cost of, and therevenues from, further processing. In a divisionalized organization structure, however, the manager of thereceiving division will treat the price at which the intermediate product is transferred as an incremental
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