Marginal Costing 2
Marginal Costing 2
Marginal Costing 2
Sale of a product amounts to 1000 units per annum at Rs.500 per unit. Fixed overheads are
Rs.100000 per annum and variable cost Rs.300 per unit. There is a proposal to reduce the price
by 20%. Calculate present and future P/V ratio and Break even point in units? How many units
must be sold to maintain profit at present level?
Percentage of Variable cost to sales: i) Break even point in sales value- = FC / P/V Ratio
Direct Materials - 32.8% of sales = 189900 + 58400 + 66700 / 21/100 = 315000 x 100/ 21 = 15,00,000
Direct Labour - 28.4% of sales ii) Profit at the budgeted sales of Rs.18,50,000
Factory overheads- 12.6% of sales Contribution = 1850000 x 21% = 3,88,500
Distribution expenses- 4.1% of sales Profit = Contribution – Fixed expenses
Administrative expenses- 1.1.% of sales = 3,88,500 – 3,15,000 = 73,500
----------------- iii) Profit, if actual sales drop by 10%
Total Variable Cost 79% of sales = 90% of Budgeted sales = 16.65,000
Contribution= 16,65,000 x 21% = 3,49,650
Percentage of contribution to sales Profit = C- FC = 349650 – 315000= 34650
(C = S – V) = 100 – 79 = 21 iv) Profit, if actual sales increase by 5%
P/V Ratio = (C/S) = 21/100 = 105% of 18,50,000 = 19,42,500
= 21% Contribution= 21% of 1942500= 407925
= 407925 – 315000 (FC) = 92925
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The fixed costs are Rs.150000 and the percentage of variable costs to sales is 66 2/3%. If 100% capacity
Sales at normal are Rs.9,00,000, find out the break even point and the percentage sales when it occurs.
Also determine profit at 80 % capacity sales.
Margin of Safety-
It is the difference between the actual sales and the sales at break even point. As it represents the shock
absorption capacity of the business, larger the difference better it is. Larger difference means that the business
Has a greater capacity to bear loss due to price reduction or fall in sales. Margin of safety can also be termed as
The excess production over break even point. It can also be expressed in percentage.
A company has fixed expenses of Rs.90000 with sales at Rs.300000 and a profit
of Rs.60000 during the first half year. If in the next half year, the company Margin of safety =
suffers a loss of Rs.30000, calculate –
a) The P/V Ratio, Break even point and Margin of safety for the first half year. Actual sales –
b) Expected sales volume for next half year assuming that selling price and break even sales
fixed expenses remain unchanged
c) The break even point and Margin of safety for the whole year. = 300000 – 180000
a) Contribution = 300000 – 90000 – 60000 = 150000 = 120000
Contribution 150000
a) P/V ratio = ----------------- x 100 = --------- x 100 = 50%
Sales 300000
Fixed Cost 90000
Break even point = --------------- = ----------- = 180000
P/V ratio 50%
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Assuming that cost structure and selling prices remain the same in Periods I and II, find out :-
a) P/V ratio
b) Fixed cost
c) Break even point for sales
d) Profit when sales are Rs.100000
e) Sales required to earn a profit of Rs.20000
f) Margin of safety at a profit of Rs.15000
g) Variable cost in period II
b) Fixed cost = (Sales x P/V ratio) – Profit = (120000 x 20%) – 9000 = 24000 – 9000 = 15000
f) Profit
Margin of safety = --------
P/V ratio
15000
= --------- = 75000
20%