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Managerial Analysis: CVP 01

The condensed income statement for the Terri and Jerry partnership for 2011
is as follows.

TERRI AND JERRY COMPANY


Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

Sales (200,000 units) P1,200,000


Cost of goods sold 800,000
Gross profit 400,000
Operating expenses
Selling P280,000
Administrative 160,000 440,000
Net loss (P 40,000)

A cost behavior analysis indicates that 75% of the cost of goods sold are variable, 50% of the
selling expenses are variable, and 25% of the administrative expenses are variable.

Instructions: Round to nearest unit, pesos, and percentage, where necessary. Use the CVP
income statement format in computing profits.
a. Compute the break-even point in total sales pesos and in units for 2019.
b. Terri has proposed a plan to get the partnership "out of the red" and improve its profitability.
She feels that the quality of the product could be substantially improved by spending P0.25
more per unit on better raw materials. The selling price per unit could be increased to only
P6.25 because of competitive pressures. Terri estimates that sales volume will increase by
30%. What effect would Terri's plan have on the profits and the break-even point in pesos of
the partnership? (Round the contribution margin ratio to two decimal places.)
c. Jerry was a marketing major in college. He believes that sales volume can be increased only
by intensive advertising and promotional campaigns. He therefore proposed the following
plan as an alternative to Terri's. (1) Increase variable selling expenses to P0.79 per unit, (2)
lower the selling price per unit by P0.30, and (3) increase fixed selling expenses by P35,000.
Jerry quoted an old marketing research report that said that sales volume would increase by
60% if these changes were made. What effect would Jerry's plan have on the profits and the
break-even point in pesos of the partnership?
d. Which plan should be accepted based on the computations? Explain your answer.
e. What other considerations should you consider aside from the computations? Explain why.

Source: BYP5-2 (Weygandt, Kimmel & Kieso, 2010, pp.238)


SOLUTIONS:

(a) The variable costs per unit are:


Cost of goods sold (P600,000 ÷ 200,000) P3.00
Selling expenses (P140,000 ÷ 200,000)   0.70
Administrative expenses (P40,000 ÷ 200,000) 0.20
Total P3.90
Fixed Costs are:
Cost of goods sold (P800,000 X 0.25) P200,000
Selling expenses (P280,000 X 0.50) 140,000
Administrative expenses (P160.000 X 0.75) 120,000
P460,000

The break-even points are:


BEP (Dollars/ Peso)
     X = (P3.90 ÷ P6.00) X + P460,000
     X = 0.65X + P460,000
  0.35X = P460,000
     X = P1,314,286 (rounded)

BEP (Units)
P6.00X = P3.90X + P460,000
P2.10X = P460,000
   X = 219,048 units (rounded)

(b) Variable unit cost of goods sold = P3.25


  (P600,000 ÷ 200,000 = P3.00; P3.00 + P0.25)
Sales volume = 260,000 units (200,000 X 130%)
Total sales = 260,000 X P6.25 = P1,625,000

Net income computation:


Sales P1,625,000
Variable expenses
Cost of goods sold P845,000
  (260,000 X $3.25)
Selling expenses 182,000
  (260,000 X $.70)
Administrative expenses
  (260,000 X $.20) 52,000
Total variable expenses 1,079,000
Contribution margin     546,000
Fixed expenses
Cost of goods sold P200,000
Selling expenses   140,000
Administrative expenses 120,000
Total fixed expenses 460,000
Net income P   86,000

  X = (P1,079,000 ÷ P1,625,000)X + P460,000


  X = 0.66X + P460,000
.34X = P460,000
  X = P1,352,941 (rounded)

Profits and the break-even point would both increase.

(c) Sales [320,000 (1) X (P6.00 – $.30)] P1,824,000


Variable expenses
Cost of goods sold P960,000
  (320,000 X $3.00)
Selling expenses (320,000 X $.79)  252,800
Administrative expenses
  (320,000 X $.20) 64,000
Total variable expenses 1,276,800
Contribution margin     547,200
Fixed expenses
Cost of goods sold P200,000
Selling expenses  175,000
  ($140,000 + $35,000)
Administrative expenses 120,000
Total fixed expenses 495,000
Net income P  52,200

(1) Sales volume = 200,000 X 160% = 320,000

X = (P1,276,800 ÷ P1,824,000)X + P495,000


X = 0.70X + P495,000
.30X = P495,000
X = P1,650,000

Profits and the break-even point would both increase.

(d) Terri’s plan should be accepted. It produces a higher net income and a lower break-even
point than Jerry’s plan.
(e) Possible computations for the partnership between Terri and Jerry:
 Net Profit
 Gross Income
 Operating Income

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