ACTG 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Earnings Before Interest And Taxes, Contribution Margin, Operating Leverage

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Cost-volume-profit (cvp) analysis is concerned with the effects on net operating income of: Cost-volume-profit relationships: selling prices, sales volume, unit variable costs, total fixed costs, the mix of products sold, review of contribution income statement, effects of changes in sales volume on net operating income. Agenda: cvp relationships in equation form, cvp and profit graphs, contribution margin (cm) ratio, target profit analysis, break-even analysis, margin of safety, operating leverage, multiproduct break-even analysis. Variable costs behave in the same manner as sales while fixed costs, as we know, remain constant in total within the relevant range. A contribution format income statement is very useful in cvp analysis because it highlights cost behavior. Example: last month"s contribution income statement for nord corporation, a manufacturer of exercise bicycles, follows: Contribution income statements are given on this and the following page for monthly sales of 1, 2, 400, and 401 bikes. Note the following points: the contribution margin must first cover the fixed expenses.

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