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What is mean by break even point in cost accounting?


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Break Even Point (BEP) is the minimum sales you need to generate in order to cover both the fixed and variable cost that arises in a certain period.

Imagine you have a factory and fixed cost (Rental, supervisor salary) is $1000. The selling price of your product will definitely cover the variable cost but you need to sell enough units to cover the fixed cost. Contribution per unit is Selling Price less Variable Cost. Imagine you are making shirts and selling them at $15. Your variable cost (direct material, direct labour) at making a shirt amounts to $5. Contribution per unit would be $15-$5=$10. Contribution is used to pay for your fixed cost, any surplus is your profit.

There are formulae-

BEP(Units)=Fixed Cost/Contribution per unit or

BEP(Sales)=Fixed Cost/Contribution Sales Ratio

Therefore, you'll need to sell $1000/$10=100 units before you start to make a profit. Hope that helps.

when your not making or looseing anything at all

when you've got enough income to cover your expenses, you break even

after you've got your expenses covered, you make a profit

if you don't have your expenses covered, you take a loss

When business makes no profit or no loss.

It's the point where your debt/liabilities evens out with your assests/profits. Or when the company is no longer in debt.

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