Anita Dawson is doing some financial planning for her small gift store. According to her budget for
Question:
Anita Dawson is doing some financial planning for her small gift store. According to her budget for the upcoming year, Anita is expecting sales of $495,000. She estimates that the cost of goods sold will be $337,000, and other variable expenses will total $42,750. Using the previous year as a guide, Anita anticipates fixed expenses of $78,100.
Anita recalls a meeting she had recently with her accountant, who mentioned that her store already had passed its breakeven point eight and a half months into the year. She was pleased but really didn't know how the accountant had come up with that calculation. Now Anita is considering expanding her store into a vacant building next door to her existing location and taking on three new product lines. The company's cost structure would change, adding another $66,000 to fixed costs and $22,400 to variable expenses. Anita believes the expansion could generate additional sales of $102,000 in the first year.
Calculate Anita's breakeven point without the expansion plans. Draw a break-even chart.
Compute the breakeven point, assuming that Anita decides to expand her business.
Do you recommend that Anita expand her business? Explain.
Financial Management for Public Health and Not for Profit Organizations
ISBN: 978-0132805667
4th edition
Authors: Steven A. Finkler, Thad Calabrese