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Cost Accounting
Cost-Volume-Profit relationships
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Accounting
Undergraduate 3
03/28/2007

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Break-even point
Definition
The level of sales at which profit is zero. The break-even point can also be defined as the point where total sales equals total expenses or as the point where total contribution margin equals total fixed expenses.
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Contribution margin method
Definition
A method of computing the break-even point in which the fixed expenses are divided by the contribution margin per unit.
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Contribution margin ratio (CM ratio)
Definition
The contribution margin as a percentage of total sales.
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Cost-volume-profit (CVP) graph
Definition
The relationships between an organization's revenues, costs, and level of activity presented in graphic form.
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Degree of operating leverage
Definition
A measure, at a given level of sales, of how a percentage change in sales volume will affect profits. The degree of operating leverage is computed by dividing contribution margin by net operating income.
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Equation method
Definition
A method of computing the break-even point that relies on the equation Sales = Variable expenses + Fixed expenses + Profits.
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Incremental analysis
Definition
An analytical approach that focuses only on those items of revenue, cost, and volume that will change as a result of a decision.
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Margin of safety
Definition
The excess of budgeted (or actual) sales over the break-even volume of sales.
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Operating leverage
Definition
A measure of how sensitive net operating income is to a given percentage change in sales. It is computed by dividing the contribution margin by net operating income.
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Sales mix
Definition
The relative proportions in which a company's products are sold. Sales mix is computed by expressing the sales of each product as a percentage of total sales.
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