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NORTH COUNTRY AUTO, INC.

1. Executive Summary

North Country Auto, Inc. was restructured by George Liddy so that each department will operate as an independent profit center. However, a recent new car purchase sparked friction and disagreements among division heads on setting of transfer prices and allocation of costs and profits. It was important that as one department aims to maximize profit, it does not negatively affect other departments. Issues that needed to be resolved include setting of transfer prices between departments, formalizing intercompany transactions, the divisional structure (use of profit or cost center), and the proper allocation of company profits among departments. After doing the analysis, it was decided that transfer price should be set at market price for New to Used Car department and Service to other departments, where as full cost plus mark-up to be used from Parts and Body Shop to other departments. Furthermore, it was determined that a......

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