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Budgets-P6
a) Fixed costs –Fixed costs are costs that constantly need to be paid by the business even if the business isn’t operating currently. For example this can be rent.
Variable costs –Variable costs is costs that changes depending the amount of the level of output or sales by the business.

b) Costs need to be controlled because this can cause damage to the business if not controlled, the business could exceed their budget generating a negative balance creating no money for hair salon. Also the hair salon needs to monitor their budget knowing that their budget always has to be more than costs unless they want to go out of service.

c) Break-even point –This is fixed costs divided by unit contribution (the unit contribution is the …show more content…

“Appropriate reserves to address emergencies” Sometimes a business needs to take a break with its purchasing by keeping some money back at the end of every month for reserves, just encase of an emergency. The business has an advantage in doing so because if unexpected turn of events turns up such as unexpected expense or there is a downturn in their market due to world event or even natural disasters, they could have enough funds to continue in business.

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What effect would the following changes have on the break-even point?
An increase in direct material costs to £3.00 per unit
A reduction in selling price to £14.00 per unit
An increase in fixed costs to £11,000 pa
A decrease in variable overheads to £0.75 per unit

Fixed=£10,000
Variable=£9.00+3= £12.00
Revenue=£15.00

Units
Fixed cost
Variable cost
Total cost
Revenue
Profit/ loss
0
10,000
0
10,000
0
-10,000
500
10,000
4,750
14,750
7,500
-7,250
1000
10,000
9,500
19,500
15,000
-4,500
1500
10,000
14,250
24,250
22,500
-1,750
2000
10,000
19,000
29,000
30,000
1,000
2500
10,000
23,750
33,750
37,500
3,750
An increase in direct material costs to £3.00 per unit

A reduction in selling price to £14.00 per unit

Units
Fixed cost
Variable cost
Total cost
Revenue
Profit/ loss
0
10,000
0
10,000
0
-10,000
500
10,000
4,500
14,500
7,000
-7,500
1000
10,000
9,000
19,000
14,000
-5,000
1500
10,000
13,500
23,500
21,000
-2,500
2000
10,000
18,000
28,000
28,000
0

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