Calculate the breakeven point in sales dollars

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ABC, Inc. is a newly organized manufacturing business this year.

The following company's costs and expenses are:

Sales price per unit $80
Manufacturing costs:


Direct materials


Direct labor


Variable Manufacturing overhead


Fixed Manufacturing overhead

Period expenses:


Variable Selling and administrative expenses


Fixed Selling and Administrative expenses

Totals

Units produced 6,000 units
Units sold 5,900 units

Fixed Costs Variable Costs

$8

10

4
$120,000



6
10,000  
$130,000 $28

Required: Use the information in the DATA field above using cell referencing to answer the following requirements.

1. Calculate the unit cost for variable costing.

2. Calculate the unit cost for absorption costing.

3. Prepare an absorption-costing income statement.

4. Prepare a variable-costing income statement.

5. Reconcile the differences in income that you calculated in #3 and #4 using exhibit 8-4 on page 330 as your guide or use the shortcut reconciliation on page 330-331.

6. Calculate the breakeven point in units.

7. Calculate the breakeven point in sales dollars.

8. Calculate the safety margin.

9. What does the margin of safety mean?

10. Calculate the operating leverage.

11. What if sales volume increases by 5% how much will income increase in percentage terms? Make sure you have read over the DOL discussion and  understand the multiplier impact of changes in sales volume that occurs based on DOL.

12. What if the direct material cost per unit increases from $8 a unit to $10, what will be the new breakeven in units? Explain why it changed.

You should only have to change the direct labor in the data area and actually all your answers should be updated. Please put the direct material cost back to the original number once you have answered the question?

13. What if the manufacturing overhead cost decreases from 120,000 to 115,000, what will be the new breakeven in units? Explain why it changed.

You should only have to change the fixed MOH in the data area and actually all your answers should be updated. Please put the fixed MOH cost back to the original number once you have answered the question?

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