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ndry Associates offers a variety of 9. MULTIPLE PRODUCT BREAKEVEN POINT. Ta variable costs per job completed but low fixed costs. In fact, it only costs Roger Tando $25,000 a month in fixed costs to run his business. The details on tax and accounting services for local small businesses. It is a simple operation, with hich the various products Tandry offers are in the table below. Tandry Associates Price per Month $500 $750 $1,000 $600 $500 Variable Cost per Month Product Jobs Sold Basic Bookkeeping Tax Preparation Audit Services Billing Services Payroll Services $400 $600 $900 $500 $400 100 50 25 50 75

Explanation / Answer

Basic Book Keeping

Tax Preparation

Audit Services

Billing Service

Payroll services

TOTAL

Job Sold

100

50

25

50

75

300

Product Mix

33.33%

16.67%

8.33%

16.67%

25.00%

100.00%

Working

Basic Book Keeping

Tax Preparation

Audit Services

Billing Service

Payroll services

TOTAL

A

Price per month

$    500.00

$ 750.00

$ 1,000.00

$ 600.00

$ 500.00

B

Variable Cost per unit

$    400.00

$ 600.00

$     900.00

$ 500.00

$ 400.00

C = A - B

Contribution Margin per unit

$    100.00

$ 150.00

$     100.00

$ 100.00

$ 100.00

D

Product Mix

33.33%

16.67%

8.33%

16.67%

25.00%

100.00%

E = C x D

Weighted Average Contribution Margin

$      33.33

$     25.00

$         8.33

$    16.67

$   25.00

$              108.33

Answer to Part (e)

Working

Basic Book Keeping

Tax Preparation

Audit Services

Billing Service

Payroll services

TOTAL

A

Total Jobs

100

50

25

50

75

300

B

Break Even no. of jobs

77

38

19

38

58

231

C = A - B

Margin of Safety in no. of jobs

23

12

6

12

17

69

D

Price per month

$    500.00

$ 750.00

$ 1,000.00

$ 600.00

$ 500.00

E = C x D

Margin of Safety in Revenue Dollars

$    11,538

$     8,654

$       5,769

$    6,923

$   8,654

$              41,538

Answer to part (f)

A

Total Fixed Cost

$ 25,000.00

B

Desired Profits before Tax

$ 10,000.00

C = A + B

Total Contribution margin required

$ 35,000.00

D

Weighted Average Contribution Margin

108.33

E = C/D

Total no. of jobs required for earning desired profits

                323

F x 33.33%

Basic Book Keeping

                108

F x 16.67%

Tax Preparation

                   54

F x 8.33%

Audit Services

                   27

F x 16.67%

Billing Service

                   54

F x 25%

Payroll services

                   81

Working

Basic Book Keeping

Tax Preparation

Audit Services

Billing Service

Payroll services

TOTAL

A

Jobs required to earn target profits

                108

              54

                27

             54

             81

B

Price per month

$       500.00

$ 750.00

$ 1,000.00

$ 600.00

$ 500.00

C = A x B

Required Revenue dollars of Sales

$       53,846

$ 40,385

$     26,923

$ 32,308

$ 40,385

$ 193,846

Answer to part (g)

A

Total Fixed Cost

$ 25,000.00

B

Desired Profits after Tax

$ 10,000.00

C = B/80%

Desired profit before tax

$ 12,500.00

D = A + C

Total Contribution margin required

$ 37,500.00

E

Weighted Average Contribution Margin

108.33

E = C/D

Total no. of jobs required for earning desired profits

                346

F x 33.33%

Basic Book Keeping

                115

F x 16.67%

Tax Preparation

                   58

F x 8.33%

Audit Services

                   29

F x 16.67%

Billing Service

                   58

F x 25%

Payroll services

                   87

Working

Basic Book Keeping

Tax Preparation

Audit Services

Billing Service

Payroll services

TOTAL

A

Jobs required to earn target profits

                115

              58

                29

             58

             87

             346

B

Price per month

$       500.00

$ 750.00

$ 1,000.00

$ 600.00

$ 500.00

C = A x B

Required Revenue dollars of Sales

$       57,500

$ 43,500

$     29,000

$ 34,800

$ 43,500

$ 208,300

Basic Book Keeping

Tax Preparation

Audit Services

Billing Service

Payroll services

TOTAL

Job Sold

100

50

25

50

75

300

Product Mix

33.33%

16.67%

8.33%

16.67%

25.00%

100.00%