Reference no: EM132568354
New Time company make bookshelves. The following information was extracted from the budget for the year ended 28 February 2019
Estimated sales for the financial year 2 000 units
Selling price per bookshelf R600
Variable production cost per bookshelf :
Direct material R180
Direct labour R120
Overheads R60
Fixed production overheads R170 000
Selling and administrative expenses
Salary of sales manager for the year R100 000
Salary commission 10% of sales
Required:
Calculate the following (answers correct to the nearest Rand or whole number)
Question 1: The breakeven quantity
Question 2: The breakeven value using the marginal income ratio
Question 3: The margin of safety in terms of units
Consider each of the following situations independently:
Question 4: Calculate the number of sales units required to make a profit R180 000
Question 5: Suppose New Time Company wants to make provision for a 10% increase in fixed production costs and an increase in variable overhead costs of R20 per unit. Taking these increases into account, calculate the new break-even quantity.