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Financial information and decisions
Costs, break-even, cash flow and sources of finance for Papers 1 and 2.
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- Costs and break-even
- Cash flow and finance sources
- Interpreting financial information
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Finance and accounts: distinguish profit from cash
Revenue, profit and cash flow answer different questions. Revenue measures sales income for the relevant period; profit deducts the relevant costs; cash flow concerns money moving into and out of the business. A credit sale can contribute to revenue before the customer pays, so a profitable business can still face a cash shortage.
A method to practise
- Write the formula and substitute case data with consistent units and time periods.
- Distinguish a cash-flow forecast from a statement measuring profit; explain what each can help a manager decide.
- Interpret a financial ratio in context and compare like with like rather than treating a single value as automatically good or bad.
Original worked illustration
A business sells 200 items at 15 currency units each. Total costs for that period are 2,400. Calculate profit.
- Revenue = 200 x 15 = 3,000 currency units.
- Profit = revenue - total costs = 3,000 - 2,400 = 600.
- This does not establish the cash balance: the timing of receipts and payments has not been supplied.
Common mistake to avoid
Do not deduct only variable costs when a task asks for profit after total costs. Contribution and profit are different measures. In a case answer, connect the calculation to a decision or risk.
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A product sells for $20. Variable cost per unit is $12. Fixed costs are $4,000 per month. Calculate the monthly break-even output in units.
- Uses break-even output = fixed costs ÷ (selling price − variable cost per unit).
- Calculates the contribution per unit: 20 − 12 = $8.
- Substitutes 4000 ÷ 8.
- Obtains 500 units.
Check your reasoning: Break-even output is the level of sales at which total contribution exactly covers fixed costs, so profit is zero.
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