Work & business

Business break-even

Work out how many whole sales cover your entered monthly overhead after the direct cost of each sale.

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Your unit and monthly costs

Use one comparable product or service unit. Count each cost once, either per sale or in monthly overhead.

Selling price per unit (R)R0 to R10 000 000 for one product or service unit.

Direct cost per unit (R)R0 to R10 000 000. Costs of each additional sale, excluding anything in monthly overhead.

Fixed monthly costs (R)R0 to R100 000 000. Overhead that continues with no sales. Enter 0 for none.

Your proposed monthly sales (optional)0 to 1 000 000 whole units. Leave blank for no sales-volume projection; 0 means no sales.

Your trading days per month (optional)1 to 31 whole days. Leave blank for no daily pace. No work week is assumed.

Matching value added tax (VAT) basis for both unit amounts and overheadChoose one known basis for every amount. We don't add or remove VAT or calculate tax you can reclaim.

Are all relevant direct and fixed costs entered once on this matching basis?

Sales to cover your entered monthly costsFill in the details

Enter one unit's selling price and direct cost, your monthly overhead and the matching basis. Enter 0 for known zero costs.

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Business break-even

Your unit and monthly costs

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