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
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“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.
M4
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
Determine the unit break-even point, assuming fixed costs are $60,000 per period, variable costs are $16.00 per unit, and the sales price is $25.00 per unit.
Variable Cost defines the cost of a single assembled product based on the materials consumed and labor invested directly in unit production. To illustrate our point, we can say that making a single baked potato with all of the fixings will cost $3.00 to produce (potato, sour cream, chives, plate, fork, napkin and labor). If we decide to go into the baked potato business, we must then sell these potatoes for at least $3.00 per unit. Any less would cause us to lose money on the endeavor. This cost cannot be made up by increasing volume of sales. Judy Koch discussed the fact that bulk purchases can benefit you reduce these variable costs. If we decided to purchase potato-making materials in larger quantities and hired more workers to produce these products, we could
Question 3: Identify all costs associated with this venture. Categorize these costs as fixed or variable.
d) Break even sales change that would change the profits by the same amount as a reduction in price.
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I believe a business should consider costing because by having reasonable product prices they could win over customers from their competitors. However, I also believe costing can make the difference between excellent idea and ruinous one. Costing can be vital to a company because it can allow them to estimate the costs of many things such as products, good and even services. As a result of estimating what the prices of the business could be then save more money.
Break Even Point in Units = (Total Fixed Costs + Target Profit) ÷ Contribution Margin
3 variable costs indentified, they are power, operations, material. They are proportional to the revenue intake.
All the costs by a company can be broken into two categories, fixed costs and variable costs. Costs that are independent of output are called fixed costs. Fixed costs remain constant throughout the relevant range and are usually considered sunk for the relevant range. Buildings and machinery are included inputs that cannot be adjusted in the short term. They are only fixed in relation to the quantity of production for a certain time period. The cost of all inputs is variable, in the long run.
As an example, if fixed costs are $100, price per unit is $10, and variable costs per unit are $6, then the break-even quantity is 25 ($100 ÷ [$10 − $6] = $100 ÷$4). When 25 units are produced and sold, each of these units will not only have covered its own marginal (variable) costs, but will have also have contributed enough in total to have covered all associated fixed costs. Beyond these 25 units, all fixed costs have been paid, and each unit contributes to profits by the excess of price over variable costs, or the contribution margin. If demand is estimated to be at least 25 units, then the company will not experience a loss. Profits will grow with each unit demanded above this 25-unit break-even level.
Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense, straight-line depreciation expense, etc.
This equation is solved for the sales volume in units. c. In the graphical approach, sales revenue and total expenses are graphed. The break-even point occurs at the intersection of the total revenue and total expense lines. 8-2 The term unit contribution margin refers to the contribution that
In the case study, as the annual fixed cost is $6,000,000 and the contribution margin per event is $1,900. Therefore, the breakeven point is at the 3,158