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Q 3 Jassim Compagny is producing only one product. Two types of direct materials are used to produce this product direct material type A and direct material type B.
The estimated data for Jassim Compagny is as following:
Sales $90,000
Costs:
Direct materials type A $40,000
Hourly employees 15,000
Manager’s salary 10,000
Direct materials type B 5,000
Marketing 10,000
Total Costs 80,000
Budgeted pretax profit $ 10,000
The marketing costs include $5,000 that does not change with the change in sales volumes. The income tax rate is 20%.
a. Compute the revenues needed to achieve a target after-tax income of $30,000.
b. What is the margin of safety in revenue?
Sales | $90,000 |
Variable Costs: | |
Direct materials type A | $40,000 |
Hourly employees | $15,000 |
Direct materials type B | $5,000 |
Marketing | $5,000 |
Contribution Margin | $25,000 |
Contribution Margin ratio | 0.27777778 |
Target-Post tax Profit | $ 30,000.00 |
Tax rate | 20% |
Pre tax Profit to be achieved(30000/100%-20%) | $ 37,500.00 |
Calculation of fixed Cost | |
Manager’s salary | $ 10,000.00 |
Marketing | $ 5,000.00 |
Fixed Cost | $ 15,000.00 |
Revenue required to achieved target income | 15000+37500/0.27777778 |
$ 189,000.00 | |
Calculation of Breakeven Point | |
Formula | Fixed cost/Contribution margin ratio |
15000/0.27777778 | |
Breakeven Point | $ 54,000.00 |
Calculation of margin of safety | |
Formula |
Sales revenue- Breakeven Point |
90000-54000 |
|
margin of safety |
$ 36,000.00 |