Fixed Cost & its importance in BEP
Examples: Lease Rentals, Salaries, Insurance, Taxes, Interest expense, Depreciation etc.
100 Units
Costs | No of Pens | Rate per Unit | Total |
Fixed | 100 | 100 | 10000 |
Variable Costs | 100 | 10 | 1000 |
Total costs | 100 | 110 | 11000 |
Selling Price | 100 | 120 | 12000 |
Profit | 100 | 10 | 1000 |
200 Units:
Costs | No of Pens | Rate per Unit |
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Fixed | 200 | 50 | 10000 |
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Variable Costs | 200 | 10 | 2000 |
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Total | 200 | 60 | 12000 |
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Selling price | 200 | 120 | 24000 |
Profit | 200 | 60 | 12000 |
From the above, the Fixed Cost per Unit is changed from Rs. 100 to Rs.50 when Production was increased from 100 units to 200 Units. Whereas, Variable cost remained fixed though production was increased from 100 units to 200 units.
So, when change in the Production:
BEP –Break Even Point = Fixed Costs / Sales Price per Unit – Variable Cost per unit
At 91 units
Costs | No of Pens | Rate per Unit |
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Fixed | 91 | 109.90 | 10000 |
Variable Costs | 91 | 10 | 910 |
Total | 91 | 119.90 | 10911 |
Selling price | 91 | 120 | 10920 |
Profit | 91 | 0.10 | 9 |
Profit Rs.9 is almost negligible. Hence at the production of 91 units, there is no profit, and there is no loss. So Break Even Point (BEP) is 91 units
Key Points for MCQ
BEP stands for Break Even Point
Fixed cost - other names are Overhead cost or Indirect Cost
All Sunk costs are Fixed Costs. But, all fixed costs are not sunk costs.
Sunk cost: Money that has already been spent and which cannot be recovered. Examples are Machinery Cost, Lease expense, etc.
A fixed cost per unit is always variable;
Whereas Variable cost per unit is always fixed.
BEP formula = Fixed Costs / Sales Price per Unit – Variable Cost per unit
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