In: Accounting
Break-Even Sales
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD) reported the following operating information for a recent year:
Sales | $3,744,000 | |
Cost of goods sold | $936,000 | |
Selling, general, and administrative expenses | 364,000 | 1,300,000 |
Operating income | $2,444,000* | |
*Before special items |
In addition, assume that Anheuser-Busch InBev sold 26,000 barrels of beer during the year. Assume that variable costs were 75% of the cost of goods sold and 50% of selling, general, and administrative expenses. Assume that the remaining costs are fixed. For the following year, assume that Anheuser-Busch InBev expects pricing, variable costs per barrel, and fixed costs to remain constant, except that new distribution and general office facilities are expected to increase fixed costs by $12,500.
a. Compute the break-even number of barrels for the current year. Round to the nearest whole barrel.
b. Compute the anticipated break-even number of
barrels for the following year. Round to the nearest whole
barrel.
Final breakeven quantity of barrels have been rounded off as per the requirement of the question.
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