CVP
CVP
Cost-VolumeProfit Analysis
Learning Objectives
1. Determine how changes
in volume affect costs
2. Calculate operating
income using
contribution margin and
contribution margin
ratio
3. Use cost-volume-profit
(CVP) analysis for profit
planning
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Learning Objectives
4. Use CVP analysis to
perform sensitivity
analysis
5. Use CVP analysis to
calculate margin of
safety, operating
leverage, and
multiproduct breakeven
points
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Learning Objective 1
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Variable Costs
Variable costs remain constant per unit
but change in total as volume changes.
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Variable Costs
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Fixed Costs
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Fixed Costs
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Fixed Costs
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Mixed Costs
Mixed costs have both fixed and variable
components.
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Mixed Costs
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High-Low Method
A method to separate mixed costs into
variable and fixed components is the highlow method.
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High-Low Method
Use three steps to separate the variable
and fixed costs.
Step 1: Identify the highest and lowest
levels of activity and calculate the variable
cost per unit.
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High-Low Method
Now that we have calculated the variable
costs per unit, we can calculate the
portion of the mixed costs that relates to
the fixed costs.
Step 2: Calculate the total fixed costs.
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High-Low Method
Using the variable costs per unit and the
fixed costs per unit, we can determine the
total mixed costs at various levels of
productivity.
Step 3: Create and use an equation to
show the behavior of a mixed cost.
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Learning Objective 2
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Contribution Margin
The difference between net sales revenue
and variable costs is the contribution
margin.
It is called contribution margin because it
is the amount that contributes to covering
fixed costs.
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Learning Objective 3
Use cost-volume-profit
(CVP) analysis for profit
planning
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Assumptions
The price per unit does not change as
volume changes.
Managers can classify each cost as
variable, fixed, or mixed.
The only factor that affects total costs is
change in volume, which increases or
decreases variable and mixed costs.
Fixed costs do not change.
There are no changes in inventory levels.
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Learning Objective 4
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Learning Objective 5
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Margin of Safety
Margin of safety is the excess of expected
sales over breakeven sales.
Used to evaluate the risk of current
operations and their plans for the future.
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Operating Leverage
The cost structure of a company is the
proportion of fixed costs to variable costs.
Operating leverage predicts the effects that
fixed costs will have on changes in
operating income when sales volume
changes.
The degree of operating leverage can be
measured by dividing the contribution
margin by the operating income.
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Operating Leverage
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Sales Mix
Most companies sell more than one
product.
Sales price and variable costs differ for
each product.
Sales mix, or product mix, is the
combination of products that make up
total sales.
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Sales Mix
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