Patsy smith is planning to sell her special knife for $15 per unit. She purchases units from alocal distributor for $6 each. She can return any unsold units for a full refund. Fixed costs forbooth rental, including lighting and security is $450.  Compute the breakeven point in units sold   2. Suppose the unit purchased is $5 instead of $6 but the selling price is unchanged. Compute the new breakeven point in units sold.  3. Management would like to achieve a target profit after taxes of $300,000. The company’s income tax rate is 25 percent. What target profit before taxes is required to achieve the $300,000 after-tax?

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1. Patsy smith is planning to sell her special knife for $15 per unit. She purchases units from alocal distributor for $6 each. She can return any unsold units for a full refund. Fixed costs forbooth rental, including lighting and security is $450.

 Compute the breakeven point in units sold

 

2. Suppose the unit purchased is $5 instead of $6 but the selling price is unchanged.

Compute the new breakeven point in units sold. 

3. Management would like to achieve a target profit after taxes of $300,000. The company’s income tax rate is 25 percent.

What target profit before taxes is required to achieve the $300,000 after-tax?

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