# 15 and 16 are needed Cost information: 17 After your thorough analyses of cost
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# 15 and 16 are needed
Cost information:
17 After your thorough analyses of costs, sales, and profitability of your cupcake business throughout this project, what is your overall impression of the future potential of the business? Provide a short assessment (10 points).
16 Prepare a cash budget for the company’s first year of operations based on the sales calculated in item 14. Assume all sales are cash sales and that all costs and expenses are paid in cash. You decide to maintain a minimum cash balance of $5,000 (15 points).
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Equipment that will be required to be acquired at the start of business includes ovens, racks, display case, counter, cash register, and other baking equipment and will cost $140,000. The equipment is expected to last 10 years without salvage value. Straight-line method of depreciation should be used.
# 15 and 16 are needed
Cost information:
1. Cost of goods sold: a. Ingredients are .30 per cupcake b. Boxes and Cupcake Cups are .05 per cupcake 2. Equipment that will be required to be acquired at the start of business includes ovens, racks, display case, counter, cash register, and other baking equipment and will cost $140,000. The equipment is expected to last 10 years without salvage value. Straight-line method of depreciation should be used. 3. On average one person can make, bake, and decorate 24 cupcakes per hour. Bakers are paid $15.00 per hour. 4. Sales personnel are required for 56 hours per week and are paid $10.00 per hour. 5. Monthly rent, which includes utilities, is $1,500. 6. Business insurance is purchased at a cost of $1,000 per year. 7. Advertising costs are expected to be $6,000 per year. Requirements: Using separate tabs in a spreadsheet, provide your answers for the following. 1 Name your company (5 points) 2 What and how much are the variable costs? Present each item in cost per cupcake basis (5 points). 3 What and how much are the fixed costs? Present each item in total cost per year (5 points). 4 Write out the annual cost formula in Y = a + bX format (5 points). 5 Develop a price using a target price (what do you think a customer will pay for one of your cupcakes? What are other companies charging for gourmet cupcakes?) Provide support for your target price (10 points). 6 Develop a price using cost-based pricing assuming that you expect to sell 24,000 cupcakes the first year and would like to have a 20% profit (10 points). 7 Using the price you calculated using cost based pricing in #6, calculate contribution margin per cupcake and contribution margin ratio (5 points). 8 Based on the price you calculated in #6, calculate how many cupcakes need to be sold in order to break-even. Calculate how much sales in dollars are needed to break-even (10 points). 9 Prepare a cost/volume/profit chart (15 points). 10 Prepare the company’s forecasted functional income statement for the year ended on 12/31/2018 based on the sale of 36,000 cupcakes (10 points). 11 Based on the sale of 36,000 cupcakes during the first year of business, calculate the margin of safety and the operating leverage for the business. What do these figures tell you about how risky the business is? (15 points) 12 If sales could increase by 10% (to 39,600 cupcakes), by how much in dollars would net operating income increase? By what percentage would net operating income increase? Use the formula for leverage to calculate (5 points). 13 Prepare a contribution format income statement assuming sales of 39,600 cupcakes (10 points). 14 Calculate how many cupcakes need to be sold in order to make a $50,000 target profit for the year (5 points). 15 Calculate the total amount of cash that will be needed at the start of the business in order to buy all necessary equipment and machines and cover the first three months of fixed expenses. This amount will be your initial investment in the business. Note that the equipment will be paid in full on the first day of business. Other expenses will be paid on a monthly basis (10 points). 16 Prepare a cash budget for the company’s first year of operations based on the sales calculated in item 14. Assume all sales are cash sales and that all costs and expenses are paid in cash. You decide to maintain a minimum cash balance of $5,000 (15 points).17 After your thorough analyses of costs, sales, and profitability of your cupcake business throughout this project, what is your overall impression of the future potential of the business? Provide a short assessment (10 points).
Explanation / Answer
Question 16
FIXED COSTS FOR 3 MONTHS
$
$
Equipment
$140,000
Sales salaries
56hrs x $10 pw x 12 weeks
6720
Rent
$1500 x 3
4500
Ins + Advt
$7000/12 x 3
$1750
Total
152970
Based on 24,000 cakes per annum
For 3 months
6000 cakes
Sales price per unit
$5.90
VC per unit
$.975
Contribution
4.925
X 6000
Net revenue
29550
+ fc
152970
+ cash balance in hand for3 months
3 x $5000
15,000
CASH REQUIRED FOR 3 MONTHS
$138420
QUESTION 14
Assuming 24,000 cupcakes made in the first year:
(Total sales – Total variable costs) less Fixed costs = Target profit $50000
[(S.P. LESS $.975) X 24,000] - $ 68120 = $50000
SP – .975 = $50000 + $68120 / 24000
= $118120/24000
SP = $4.92 + .975
= $5.89
Selling price of a cupcake has to be around =$5.90
Workings
1)
Fixed costs per annum:
Depreciation = $140000/10 years = $14000
Rent= 12 mths x $1500 = $18000
Sales personnel = 56 hours p.w. x $10 = $560 pw x 52 weeks = $29120 per annum
Insurance = $1000 pa
Advertising = $6000 pa TOTAL $68,120
2)
Variable costs per cake
DM = .30 + .05 = /35
DL = $15/24 cakes = $0.625
Thus $.975 per cake
$
$
Equipment
$140,000
Sales salaries
56hrs x $10 pw x 12 weeks
6720
Rent
$1500 x 3
4500
Ins + Advt
$7000/12 x 3
$1750
Total
152970
Based on 24,000 cakes per annum
For 3 months
6000 cakes
Sales price per unit
$5.90
VC per unit
$.975
Contribution
4.925
X 6000
Net revenue
29550
+ fc
152970
+ cash balance in hand for3 months
3 x $5000
15,000
CASH REQUIRED FOR 3 MONTHS
$138420
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