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Break - Even or Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis - Marginal Costing
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Break - Even or Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis - Marginal Costing
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Break - Even or Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Break-even analysis is a specific method of presenting and studying the inner relationship between costs, volume and profits. (hence, the name c-v-p analysis). It is an important tool of financial analysis whereby the impact on profit of the changes in volume, price, costs and mix can be found out with a certain amount of accuracy. A business is said to break even when its total sales are equal to its total costs. It is a point of no profit or no loss. At this point contribution is equal to fixed costs. Break-even point, can be calculated thus: 
At break-even point the desired profit is zero. Where the volume of output or sales is to be calculated so as to earn a desired amount of profit, the amount of desired profits has to be added to the fixed cost given in the above formula.
Fixed Cost + Desired Profit
Units To Earn A Desired Profit = -------------------------------------
Contribution Per Unit
Fixed Cost + Desired Profit
Sales To Earn A Desired Profit = ------------------------------------
P/V Ratio
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