Management Accounting

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A summary of Vytrill Inc.'s budgeted profit statement for next financial year, when it expects to be operating at 75 per cent of capacity, is given below. It has been estimated that: (i) if the selling price per unit were reduced to R560, the increased demand would utilise 90 per cent of the company's capacity without any additional advertising expenditure. (ii) to attract sufficient demand to utilise full capacity would require a 15 per cent reduction in the current selling price and a R100 000 special advertising campaign. REQUIRED 2.1 Calculate the breakeven quantity, based on the original budget. (4 Marks) 2.2 Calculate the profits and breakeven points which would result from each of the two-alternatives and (16 Marks) compare them with the original budget