The Rapid Meal has two restaurants that are open 24 hours a
The Rapid Meal has two restaurants that are open 24 hours a day. Fixed costs for the two restaurants together total $430,500 per year. Service varies from a cup of coffee to full meals. The average sales check per customer is $8.75. The average cost of food and other variable costs for each customer is $3.50. The income tax rate is 30?%. Target net income is $117,600. Requirements 1. Compute the revenues needed to earn the target net income. 2. How many customers are needed to break? even? To earn net income of $117,600?? 3. Compute net income if the number of customers is 145,000.
Solution
Income before tax = 117600*100/70 = 168000
Break even revenue = (430500+168000)/.60 = 997500
a) $997500 needed to earn the target net income
b) 997500/8.75 = 114000 customers are needed to break even
c) Net income :
| Sale (145000*8.75) | 1268750 |
| Variable cost (145000*3.50) | -507500 |
| Contribution margin | 761250 |
| Fixed cost | -430500 |
| Income before tax | 330750 |
| Income tax | -99225 |
| Net income | 231525 |
