Question 3 Basic CBP relationships: Manufacturer
Divine DVD's Ltd manufactures and sells DVDs. Price and cost data are as follows:
In the following requirements ignore income taxes
Required:
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What is Divine DVD's break-even point in units?
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What is the company's break-even point in sales value (kina).
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How many units would Divine DVDs have to sell in order to earn a profit of K260 000?
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What is the firm's safety margin?
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Management estimate that direct labour costs will increase by 8 per cent next year. How many units will the company have to sell next year to reach its break-even point?
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If Divine DVDs' direct labour costs do increase by 8 per cent, what selling price per unit of product must it charge to maintain the same contribution margin ration?
Question 4 Basic CVP relationships: income taxes: manufacturer
Refer to the data given in Question 2. Now assume that Divine DVDs pays income taxes of 30 per cent.
Required:
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What is Divine DVDs' break-even point in units?
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What is the company's break-even point in sales value?
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How many units would Divine DVDs gave to sell in order to earn a profit of $300 000 after tax?
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What is the firm's safety margin?
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If Divine DVDs' direct labour costs increase by 8 per cent, what selling price per unit of product must it charge to maintain the same contribution margin ratio?