A public limited company produces and sells three products. All products are manufactured in the same facilities under a common administrative control. The budgeted income statement for 2009 is as follows:
Particulars |
Products |
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X Rs. |
Y Rs. |
Z Rs. |
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Sales |
4,00,000 |
10,00,000 |
6,00,000 |
Variable expenses: |
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Cost of goods sold |
1,80,000 |
5,40,000 |
3,00,000 |
Selling |
60,000 |
1,80,000 |
90,000 |
Fixed expenses: |
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Overheads |
72,000 |
1,80,000 |
1,08,000 |
Administrative |
32,000 |
80,000 |
48,000 |
Income before tax |
56,000 |
20,000 |
54,000 |
Income tax @ 40% |
22,400 |
8,000 |
21,600 |
Net income |
33,600 |
12,000 |
32,400 |
Fixed expenses are allocated among the products in proportion to their budgeted sales volume:
- Compute the budget BEP of the company as a whole.
- What would be effect on the budgeted income if half of the budgeted sales volume of product Y was shifted to products X and Z in equal rupee amounts, so that the total budgeted sales in rupees remain the same?
- What would be the effect of the shift in the product-mix suggested in (b) above on the budgeted BEP of the whole company?