You have an idea to sell handmade porcelain plates. The only investment needed is a furnace (oven) that you can buy for $40,000. The furnace assumed to last for 8 years and it will be fully depreciated by the straight-line method over its economic life. Other fixed costs amount to $1,000 per year. Taxes are 30 percent. Your discount rate is 15 percent. a. What is the accounting break-even point if each plate costs $4 to make and you can sell plates for $12 apiece? b. Calculate the financial break-even point

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  1. You have an idea to sell handmade porcelain plates. The only investment needed is a furnace (oven) that you can buy for $40,000. The furnace assumed to last for 8 years and it will be fully depreciated by the straight-line method over its economic life. Other fixed costs amount to $1,000 per year. Taxes are 30 percent. Your discount rate is 15 percent.

    a. What is the accounting break-even point if each plate costs $4 to make and you can sell plates for $12 apiece?

    b. Calculate the financial break-even point

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