Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The margin of Safety

The Margin of safety is the excess of budgeted or actual sales dollars over the break-even volume of sales dollars. It is the amount by which sales can drop before losses are incurred.

The formula for margin of safety is:

Margin of safety = total budgeted ( or actual) sales - break-even sales

Margin of safety % = margin of safety in dollars divided by the total budgeted ( or actual ) sales in dollars

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