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Variable costs
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Total cost/ Revenue ($)
Sales Revenue
Profit
Total costs
Sales (units)
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Contribution
Fixed costs
Variable costs
2.2 Example 1
Selling price per unit-- $12
Variable cost per unit -- $3
Fixed costs-- $45,000
You are required to compute the breakeven point.
Breakeven point in units = Fixed costs / Contribution per unit
=
Sales revenue at breakeven point =
Alternative method
Contribution to sales ratio =
Sales revenue at breakeven point =
=
Breakeven point units =
Fixed
costs
+
Target
Contribution per unit
Profit
2.3.1 Example 2
Selling price per unit --$12
Variable cost per unit -- $3
Fixed costs-- $45,000
Target profit-- $18,000
You are required to compute the sales volume required to achieve the target
profit.
Fixed
costs
+
Target
Profit
No. of units at target profit =
Contribution per unit
Margin of safety =
The margin of safety indicates that the actual sales can
______________units or __________ from the budgeted level before losses
are incurred.
2.5 Changes in components of breakeven analysis
The following example demonstrates the effects of the changes in different
components of breakeven analysis.
2.5.1 Example 4
Selling price per unit --$12
Variable cost per unit --$3
Fixed costs-- $45,000
Current profit-- $18,000
If the change in selling price is raised from $12 to $13, the minimum volume of
sales required to maintain the current profit will be:
(Fixed costs + Current profit) / Contribution per unit
=
If the fixed costs fall by $5,000 but the variable costs rise to $4 per unit, the
minimum volume of sales required to maintain the current profit will be:
(Fixed cost + Current profit)/ Contribution per unit
=