MS 3903 Costs Volume Profit Analysis
MS 3903 Costs Volume Profit Analysis
Since 1977
Cost-volume-profit (C-V-P) analysis as a tool for Degree of Operating Leverage. A measure, at a given
planning and control. level of sales, of how a percentage change in sales
I. C-V-P analysis: volume will affect profits. DOL is computed:
A. a procedure that examines changes in costs and
volume levels and the resulting effects on profit. DOL = Total contribution margin/Net income
B. Sales Revenue – Variable Costs – Fixed Costs =
Profit % Increase in Net Income = (% Increase in Sales x
C. Tool for both planning and control. DOL)
1. Can calculate net income when sales volume
is known STRAIGHT PROBLEMS
2. Can determine the level of sales need to
reach a targeted amount of income. PROBLEM NO. 1.
D. Only used under certain conditions and when The following data are available for Merced Company’s
certain assumptions hold true. one product:
1. The behavior of variable and fixed costs can Unit selling price P80
be measured reasonably. Unit variable cost
2. Costs and revenues have a close linear Manufacturing 28
approximation. Selling and Administrative 22
3. Efficiency and productivity hold steady within Fixed costs
the relevant range. Manufacturing 480,000
4. Cost and price variables hold steady during Selling and Administrative 120,000
the period being planned. Unit Volume 25,000
5. The product sales mix does not change
during the period being planned. Requirements:
6. Production and sales volume are 1. Total contribution margin
approximately equal. 2. Break even volume in units and pesos
3. Margin of safety in units, pesos and ratio
Break-even sales is the point or sales volume where total 4. Degree of operating average
revenues equal total costs. This is the level of activity 6. Number of units required to earn a 15% return on
where there neither profit nor loss. At break-even point, sales.
the total contribution margin equals total fixed expenses. 7. Selling price that Merced should charge to raise
the operating profit by 50 percent based on the
Methods of Computing Break-even Point given cost structure, still selling 25,000.
1. Equation method or algebraic approach 8. Assuming Merced is to pay 40% income tax, how
2. Contribution margin method or formula approach much sales in units are required to:
3. Graphical calculation a. breakeven?
b. earn P150,000 of net income?
Contribution Margin. Unit contribution is the difference
between the unit selling price and the unit variable PROBLEM NO. 2.
expenses. Total contribution margin is difference Cindy, Inc., sells a single product. The company's most
between the total revenues and the total variable recent income statement is given below.
expenses. Sales (5,000 units) P750,000
Less variable expenses 300,000
Sales Mix. The composition of total sales in terms of Contribution margin 450,000
various products, i.e., the percentage of each product Less fixed expenses 270,000
included in total sales. Operating income P180,000
20,000 units per month and planned its monthly results The sales for the year were in the ratio of 3 Blujets to
as follows: 1 Blupen. Sales volume for the year was P1 million.
Sales P1,000,000 Fixed costs for the year amounted to P390,000.
Variable costs 600,000
Contribution margin 400,000 Requirements:
Fixed costs 180,000 1. Compute the number of units sold for each
Income before taxes 220,000 product.
Income taxes 88,000 2. Compute the breakeven sales in pesos and in
Net income P132,000 units.
3. Compute the composite breakeven for the
Requirements: company.
1. If the company determined that a particular 4. If the sales mix was to change to 2 units of
advertising campaign had a high probability of Blujets to 1 unit of Blupen, would this have any
increasing sales by 4,000 units, how much could it effect on the breakeven sales? If so, what would
pay for such a campaign without reducing its be the new breakeven sales?
planned profits? 5. Assuming that the sales volume would remain at
2. If the company wants a P240,000 before-tax profit, P1 million, what net income would be generated
how many units must it sell? using the sales mix in number (4) above?
3. It the company wants a 25% before-tax return on 6. What sales revenue would be required if the firm
sales, what level of sales, in pesos, does it need? wishes to generate a net income of P328,900 if
4. If the company wants a P150,000 after-tax profit, the original mix of 3:1 prevailed?
how many units must it sell?
5. If the company wants an after-tax return on sales PROBLEM NO. 6.
of 18%, how many units must it sell? Relax Company and Recline Company both make rocking
6. The company is considering offering its salespeople chairs. They have the same production capacity but
a 5% commission on sales. What would the total Relax is more automated than Recline. At an output of
sales, in pesos, have to be in order to implement 1,000 chairs per year, the two companies have the
the commission plan and still earn the planned following costs:
before-tax income of P220,000? Relax Recline
7. If the company wants its before tax profit higher Fixed costs P400,000 P200,000
than the planned amount by P60,000, compute the Variable costs at P100 100,000
required increase in peso sales. per chair
Variable costs at P300 300,000
PROBLEM NO. 4. per chair
Mercy Company has, for the coming year, budgeted Total cost P500,000 P500,000
sales of P2,000,000 with contribution margin of 60 Unit cost (1,000 units) P500 P500
percent and fixed costs of P700,000. The company’s
only one product line sells for P40. The company is Requirements:
subject to 30 percent tax bracket. Assuming that both companies sell chairs for P700 each
and that there are no other costs or expenses for the
Requirements: two firms, complete the following:
1. If the company determined that a particular 1. Which company will lose the least money if
advertising campaign had a high probability of production and sales fall to 500 chairs per year?
increasing sales by P150,000, how much could it 2. How much would each company lose at
pay for such a campaign without reducing its production and sales level of 500 chairs per
planned annual profits? year?
2. A plan includes an increase in advertising cost of 3. How much would each company make at
P120,000. What is the minimum increase in peso production and sales levels of 2,000 chairs per
sales to compensate for the increase in year?
advertising cost?
3. The operations manager believes that the variable PROBLEM NO. 7.
cost will increase to P18 per unit. The sales The following questions are independent of each other.
manager believes the selling price can be 1. Flame Company had a 25 percent margin of
increased. What is the new selling price that will safety. Its after-tax return on sales is 6 percent,
give the same contribution margin ratio of 60%? and tax rate of 40 percent. What is Flame’s
4. Assume that the amount of total fixed cost contribution margin ratio?
increases by 15%. What is the effect of this
increase on each of the following? 2. DEF Company earned P50,000 on sales of
a. Break-even sales volume P800,000. It earned P110,000 on sales of
b. Before-tax profit P1,000,000. Compute the total fixed costs.
c. Contribution margin
d. Required sales to earn same amount of profit 3. The Childers Company sells widgets. At an annual
sales volume of 75,000 units the company breaks
PROBLEM NO. 5. even. At an annual sales volume of 100,000 units
The Color Company manufactures and sells two the company reports a profit of P200,000. The
products. The selling prices and variable costs of the annual fixed costs for the Childers Company are
products are as follows: ______.
Blujets Blupens
Selling prices P20 P40 4. At present sales the company has a margin of
Variable costs 8 24 safety ratio of 30 percent. If the contribution
margin ratio is 40 percent, what is the return
percentage on sales?
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2. Which of the following would decrease 9. LEVERAGE Company changed its cost structure by
contribution margin per unit the most? increasing fixed costs and decreasing its per -unit
a. A 15% decrease in selling price variable costs. The change
b. A 15% increase in variable expenses a. Increases risk and increases potential profit
c. A 15% increase in selling price b. Increases risk and decreases potential profit
d. A 15% decrease in variable expenses c. Decreases risk and decreases potential profit
d. Decreases risk and increases potential profit
3. A company’s breakeven point in peso sales may
be affected by equal percentage increases in both 10. The indifference point is the level of volume at
selling price and variable cost per unit (assume which a company
all other factors are equal within the relevant a. earns the same profit under different operating
range). The equal percentage changes in selling scheme
price and variable cost per unit will cause the b. earns no profit
breakeven point in peso sales to c. earns its target profit
a. Decrease by less than the percentage increase d. any of the above
in selling price.
b. Decrease by more than the percentage increase 11. If a company desires to increase its safety
in the selling price. margin, it should:
c. Increase by less than the percentage increase in a. increase fixed costs.
selling price. b. decrease the contribution margin.
d. Remain unchanged. c. decrease selling prices, assuming the price
change will have no effect on demand.
4. If a company’s variable costs are 70% of sales, d. stimulate sales volume.
which formula represents the computation of peso
sales that will yield a profit equal to 10% of the 12. Which of the following items is not an assumption
contribution margin when P equals sales in pesos of CVP analysis?
for the period and FC equals total fixed costs for a. Costs may be separated into separate fixed and
the period? variable components.
a. P = .2/FC b. Total revenues and total costs are linear in
b. P = FC/.2 relation to output units.
c. P = .27/FC c. Unit selling price, unit variable costs, and unit
d. P = FC/.27 fixed costs are known and remain constant.
d. Proportion of different products will remain
5. Cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis is a key factor constant when multiple products are sold.
in many decisions, including choice of product
lines, pricing of products, marketing strategy, and 13. In a graph of cost-volume-profit analysis, the
utilization of productive facilities. A calculation a. total revenue line typically begins at a required
used in a CVP analysis is the breakeven point. minimum level.
Once the breakeven point has been reached, b. slope of the total cost line is dependent on the
operating income will increase by the variable cost per unit.
a. Gross margin per unit for each additional unit c. total cost line normally begins at zero.
sold. d. sales level at which total cost and total
b. Contribution margin per unit for each additional revenue lines intersect is also equal to fixed
unit sold. costs.
c. Fixed costs per unit for each additional unit sold.
d. Variable costs per unit for each additional unit 14. For every unit that a company produces and sells
sold. above the breakeven point, its profitability is
improved (ignoring taxes) by the unit's
6. The contribution margin ratio always increases a. gross margin.
when the b. selling price minus fixed cost per unit.
a. Variable costs as a percentage of net sales c. variable cost.
increase. d. contribution margin.
b. Variable costs as a percentage of net sales
decrease. 15. Which of the following statements is true?
c. Breakeven point increases. a. A shift in sales mix toward less profitable
d. Breakeven point decreases. products will cause the overall break-even point
to fall.
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19. Molder Company manufactures and sells three 24. A company with P280,000 of fixed costs has the
products: Good, Bad, and Ugly. Annual fixed following data:
costs are P3,315,000, and data about the three Product A Product B
products follow. Sales price per unit P5 P6
Good Bad Ugly Variable costs per unit P3 P5
Sales mix in units 30% 50% 20% Assume three units of A are sold for each unit of
Selling price P250 P350 P500 B sold. How much will sales be in pesos of
Variable cost 100 150 250 product B at the breakeven point?
What is the composite break-even volume? a. P200,000 c. P240,000
a. 17,000 c. 1,700 b. P600,000 d. P840,000
b. 2,139 d. 9,471
25. Product A accounts for 75% of a company’s total
20. Lemery Corporation had sales of P120,000 for the sales revenue and its variable costs ratio is 60%.
month of May. It has a margin of safety ratio of Product B accounts for 25% of total sales revenue
25 percent, and after-tax return on sales of 6 and its variable costs ratio is 85%. What is the
percent. The company assumes its sales constant breakeven point given fixed costs of P150,000?
every month. If the tax rate is 40 percent, how a. P375,000 c. P444,444
much is the annual fixed costs? b. P500,000 d. P545,455
a. P36,000 c. P432,000
b. P90,000 d. P360,000 26. An organization's sales revenue is expected to be
P72,600, a 10% increase over last year. For the
same period, total fixed costs of P22,000 are
21. Lopez Company had a net loss of P3.00 per unit
expected to be the same as last year. If the
when sales were 40,000 units. When sales were
number of units sold is expected to increase by
50,000 units, the company had a loss of P1.60
1,100, the additional revenue per unit will be
per unit. How much is the contribution margin per a. P4 c. P6
unit of the product? b. P20 d. P46
a. P1.40 c. P4.60
b. P4.00 d. P1.75 27. The Big & Sturdy Company manufactures an
22. Kator Co. is a manufacturer of industrial engine for carpet cleaners called the "Snooper."
components. One of their products that is used as Budgeted cost and revenue data for the
a subcomponent in auto manufacturing is KB-96. "Snooper" are given below, based on sales of
This product has the following financial structure 40,000 units.
per unit.
Selling Price P150
Direct materials P20
Direct labor 15
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Use the following information for the next six questions. Use the following information for the next seven questions.
Candyman Company is a wholesale distributor of candy. Southern Ski Company recently expanded its
The company services grocery, convenience, and drug manufacturing capacity. The firm will now be to
stores in Metro Manila. produce up to 15,000 pairs of cross-city skis of either
the mountaineering model or the touring model. The
Small but steady growth in sales has been achieved by sales department assures management that it can sell
the company over the past few years while candy prices between 9,000 and 13,000 pairs (units) of either
have been increasing. The company is formulating its product this year. Because the models are very
plans for the coming fiscal year. Presented below are similar, Southern Ski will produce only one of the two
the data used to project the current year’s after-tax net models. The following data were compiled by the
income of P110,400. accounting department.
Touring Mountaineering
Manufacturers of candy have announced that they will Selling price per unit P132.00 P120.00
increase prices of their products an average of 15% in Variable cost per unit 79.20 79.20
the coming year due to increases in raw material (sugar, Fixed costs will total P554,400 if the touring model is
cocoa, peanuts, etc.) and labor costs. Candyman produced but will be only P475,200 if the
Company expects that all other costs will remain at the mountaineering model is produced. Southern Ski
same rates or levels as the current year. Candyman is Company is subject to a 40% income tax rate.
subject to 40 percent tax rate.
Average selling price P4.00 per box 44. If Southern Ski Company desires an after -tax net
Average variable costs income of P33,120, how many pairs of
Cost of candy P2.00 per box mountaineering model skis will the company have
Selling expenses 0.40 per box to sell?
Total P2.40 per box a. 12,459 c. 11,545
Annual fixed costs b. 13,000 d. 14,941
Selling P160,000
Administrative 280,000 45. How much total sales revenue at which Southern
Total P440,000 Ski Company would make the same profit or loss
Expected annual sales P1,560,000 regardless of the ski model if it decided to
volume (390,000 boxes) produce?
a. P880,000 c. P831,600
38. What is the breakeven point in units before a b. P1,320,000 d. P11,647
15% increase in prices?
a. 200,000 c. 175,000 46. How much would the variable cost per unit of the
b. 275,000 d. 100,000 mountaineering model have to change before it
had the same breakeven point in units as the
39. If fixed costs double, what happens to the touring model?
breakeven point? a. P2.97 c. P8.00
a. Increases but by less than a factor of two b. P4.46 d. P6.80
b. Decreases by less than a factor of two
c. Increases by a factor of two 47. If the variable cost per unit of mountaineering
d. Decreases by a factor of two skis decreases by 10%, and the total fixed cost of
mountaineering skis increases by 10%, what is
40. If the current contribution margin ratio is the new breakeven point in number of pairs?
maintained, what would be the selling price of the a. 9,900 c. 13,007
candy to cover the 15 percent increase in variable b. 10,729 d. 15,898
costs?
a. P4.00 c. P4.60 48. At what number of pairs would the production of
b. P4.15 d. P4.50 either mountaineering or touring model give
equal profit?
41. If candy costs increase 15 percent but the selling a. 6,600 c. 13,000
price remains at P4.00 per box, what will be the b. 10,500 d. 18,803
breakeven point in units?
a. 338,462 c. 285,715 49. If the Southern Ski Company sales department
b. 346,457 d. 305,556 could guarantee the annual sale of 12,000 skis of
either model, which model should Southern
42. If the candy costs remain constant but the selling produce and sell?
price increases 15 percent, what will be the a. Either mountaineering or touring model
breakeven point in peso sales? b. Mountaineering
a. P648,000 c. P920,000 c. Touring
b. P838,462 d. P1,556,953 d. Neither mountaineering nor touring
43. If net income after taxes is to remain the same 50. Suppose the management decided to produce
after the cost of candy increases but no increase both products. If the two models are sold in
in the sales price is made, how many boxes of equal proportions, and total fixed costs amount to
candy must Candyman sell? P514,800, what is the firm’s break -even point in
a. 480,000 c. 27,600 units?
b. 400,000 d. 29,300 a. 11,000 c. 10,500
b. 11,074 d. 11,647
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