Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 5th Edition by David Stout, Edward Blocher, Gary Cokins

Exercise 23

Phelps Inc. manufactures several different types of candy for various retail stores. The accounting manager has requested that you determine the sales dollars required to break even for next quarter based on past financial data. Your research tells you that the total variable cost will be $500,000, total sales will be $750,000, and fixed costs will be $100,000. What is the breakeven point in sales dollars?

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Breakeven Point in Sales Dollar

The breakeven point also known as the breakeven level is can be defined as that level of operations where the company’s revenue is just enough to meet its costs. It is the point at which the company makes no profit no loss and just meet its costs. The breakeven point has a profit equal to zero and revenues exactly equal to the total of variable and fixed costs incurred by the company.