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

X Rs.

Y Rs.

Z Rs.

Sales

4,00,000

10,00,000

6,00,000

Variable expenses:

Cost of goods sold

1,80,000

5,40,000

3,00,000

Selling

60,000

1,80,000

90,000

Fixed expenses:

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:

  1. Compute the budget BEP of the company as a whole.
  2. 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?
  3. What would be the effect of the shift in the product-mix suggested in (b) above on the budgeted BEP of the whole company?