What is Tiara Corporation’s break-even point in dollars? (b)How many units would Tiara Corporation have to sell in order to earn a before tax profit of $480,000? (c)What is the company’s margin of safety (in dollars)?
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Tiara Corporation manufactures and sells scarfs. Price and cost data for the company are provided below:Selling price per unit$50Variable costs per unitManufacturing costsDirect material15Direct labour8Variable manufacturing overhead12Variable selling and administrative costs3Annual fixed costsFixed manufacturing overhead$2,640,000Fixed selling and administrative costs$1,560,000Forecasted annual sales (units)500,000Required:(a)What is Tiara Corporation’s break-even point in dollars? (b)How many units would Tiara Corporation have to sell in order to earn a before tax profit of $480,000? (c)What is the company’s margin of safety (in dollars)?(d)If the company’s direct material costs increase by 20 percent and the fixed selling and administrative costs decrease by 20 percent, how many units will the company have to sell next year to reach its break-even point
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