Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Costs and cost behaviour

Costs and cost behaviour — practice question

J Limited manufactures and sells one product. The company’s budgeted operating statement for the year ending 31 March 2019 is shown below:
(a(i))[4]

Calculate the budgeted contribution per unit for the product.

(a(ii))[5]

Calculate the margin of safety, in units, for the budgeted figures.

(a(iii))[1]

Calculate the budgeted margin of safety expressed as a percentage.

(b(i))[6]

Prepare calculations for the following in the first year if the directors choose to go ahead with this plan: (i) the revised budgeted contribution.

(b(ii))[2]

Prepare calculations for the following in the first year if the directors choose to go ahead with this plan: (ii) the revised budgeted total profit.

(c)[7]

Advise the directors on whether they ought to accept the sales manager’s plan. Support your answer with both financial and non-financial factors, together with any relevant calculations.

(d)[3]

State three assumptions that apply when using cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis.

(e)[2]

State two advantages of CVP analysis.

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