Ch-6 CVP Analisis
Ch-6 CVP Analisis
Ch-6 CVP Analisis
Exhibit 1.1: Contribution Income Statement for Different Quantities of GMAT Success Packages Sold
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Exhibit 1-1 presents contribution margins for different quantities of
packages sold.
The income statement in Exhibit 1-1 is called a contribution
income statement because it groups costs into variable costs
and fixed costs to highlight contribution margin.
Each additional package sold from 0 to 1 to 5 increases
contribution margin by $80 per package, recovering more of the
fixed costs and reducing the operating loss.
If Emma sells 25 packages, contribution margin equals $2,000
($80 per package*25 packages), exactly recovering fixed costs
and resulting in $0 operating income.
If Emma sells 40 packages, contribution margin increases by
another $1,200 ($3,200-$2,000), all of which becomes operating
income.
As you look across Exhibit 1-1 from left to right, you see that
the increase in contribution margin exactly equals the increase in
operating income (or the decrease in operating loss).
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Breakeven Point
The breakeven point (BEP) is that quantity of output sold at
which total revenues equal total costs- that is, the quantity of
output sold that results in $0 of operating income.
Why would mangers be interested in the breakeven point?
Mainly because they want to avoid operating losses, and the
breakeven point tells them what level of sales they must
generate to avoid a loss.
Breakeven point can be determined by using:
1. the equation method,
2. the contribution margin method and
3. the graph method.
=
To earn a target net income of $960,
= $1,600 Emma’s target operating income is
$1,600.
Proof: Target operating income…………………………..…………………
$1,600
Tax at 40% (0.40 X $1,600)…………………...............................640
Target net income……………………………………….
……………….$960 Cost & Mgt Acct. II (Mekonnen K.) 2021
Calculate the number of units Emma must sell to get the target
operating income from our GMAT Success example using equation
1.
[(USP X Q) - (UVC X Q)] - Fixed costs = Target Operating income…….(Eq. 1)
45 of
.
its
($200 X Q) - ($120 X Q) - $2,000 = $1,600
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$80 X Q = $3,600
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Q = $3,600 ÷ $80 per unit
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= 45and
units
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Using contribution margin method equation 4:
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Proof:
Revenues, $200 per unit X 45
units…………………………………………………………….……...$9,000
Variable costs, $120 per unit X 45
units……………………………………………………….……….5,400
Contribution
margin……………………………………………………………………………………..
…….3,600 Cost & Mgt Acct. II (Mekonnen K.) 2021
Fixed
Calculate the revenues needed to earn a net income of $960
Revenues needed to earn a NI of $960 = Quantity of units required to be sold X
USP
= 45 units X $200 = $9,000
$2000
Exhibit 1-5: Profit-Volume Graph for Alternative Rental Options for GMAT Success
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Operating Leverage
The risk-return trade-off across alternative cost structures can be
measured as operating leverage.
Operating leverage describes the effects that fixed costs have on
changes in operating income as changes occur in units sold and
contribution margin. It measures the sensitivity of a company’s
operating income to its sales.
Organizations with a high proportion of fixed costs in their cost
structures, as is the case under Option 1, have high operating leverage.
The line representing Option 1 in Exhibit 1-5 is the steepest of the
three lines.
Small increases in sales lead to large increases in operating
income.
Small decreases in sales result in relatively large decreases in
operating income, leading to a greater risk of operating losses.
At any given level of sales,
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The following table shows the degree of operating leverage at sales
of 40 units for the three rental options.
These results indicate that, when sales are 40 units, a 1% change in sales and
contribution margin will result in 2.67 times that percentage change in
operating income for Option 1, but the same percentage change will result
(1.00 times) in operating income for Option 3.
Example, a sales increase of 50% from 40 to 60 units.
Contribution margin will increase by 50% under each option.
Operating income, however, will increase by 2.67 X 50% = 133% from
$1,200 to $2,800 in Option 1, but it will increase by only 1.00 X 50% =
50% from $1,200 to $1,800 in Option 3 (see Exhibit 1-5).
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The degree of operating leverage at a given level of sales helps managers
Limitation of CVP Analysis
The following are the limitations of Cost Volume Profit Analysis:
1. Segregation of total costs into its fixed and variable components is
difficult to do.
2. Fixed costs are unlikely to stay constant as output increases beyond a
certain range of activity.
3. The analysis is restricted to the relevant range specified and beyond
that the results can be unreliable
4. Besides volume, other elements like inflation, efficiency, capacity
and technology can affect costs
5. Impractical to assume sales mix remain constant since this depend
on the changing demand levels.
6. The assumption of linear property of total cost and total revenue
relies on the assumption that unit variable cost and selling price are
constant. However, this is likely to be valid within relevant range
only.
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End of Chapter Five
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