Decision Making: Cost-Volume-Profit

CVP Income Statement

Calculating Break-even Point

Sales required to earn target operating income

Margin of safety

Concepts of CVP in changing environment

Sales-mix

Cost structure

Operating leverage

Variable and fixed costs

How changes in cost and volume affect profits

Contribution margin

Revenues - Variable costs

Differs from GAAP Income Statement since it states CM

Gapp emphasizes gross profit

Contribution margin per unit

Unit selling price - unit variable costs

Contribution margin ratio

Contribution margin per unit / unit selling price

Variable cost ratio

V Costs as a % of sales

Contribution margin

(CVP) Graph

Math equation

Fixed costs / unit contribution margin

Variable costs + fixed cost + operating income= Sales

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Before tax

After tax

Required Sales in Dollar

Required Sales In units

Fixed Costs + Operating Incomes before taxes / Unit Contribution Margin

Fixed Costs + Operating
Incomes before taxes / Contribution Margin Ratio

Operating Income after taxes = operating income before taxes * (1 - tax rate)

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Operating income before taxes = operating income after taxes / (1 - tax rate)

The cushion that a level of sales provide above break-even point

In dollars

Ratio

Actual(Expected) Sales - Break-even sales

Margin of safety in dollars / actual(Expected) sales

How would a discount affect Break even

It would increase the break-even

How new equipment affect break-even

It would decrease break-even

Increase price of raw mats affect on BEP

Increases break-even

Weighted- averaged unit contribution margin

Relative proportion in which one
product out many is sold.

Breakeven of multiple products

Unit contribution margin (1) + Sale mix % * Unit contribution margin (2) + Sale mix %

Break - even point in units

Fixed costs / Weight-Average Unit Contribution Margin

Weighted - average contribution margin ratio

contribution margin ratio (1) + Sale mix % * contribution margin ratio (2) + Sale mix %

Break-Even Points in dollars

Fixed Costs / Weighted - Average Contribution Margin Ratio

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Proportion of tixed vs variable cost a company incurs