Economics Theme 1.6

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Profit
Sales Revenue-Total Costs= Positive Value i.e Revenue>Total Costs
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Loss
Sales revenue-Total costs=minus value i.e sales revenue
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Sales Volume
This is how much the firm sells in terms of the number of items
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Sales revenue
This is the money received from selling the units
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Capital costs
These are spending on assets that bring long term benefits
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Operating Costs
These are spending on items to keep the business operating
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Fixed Costs
These are not altered by the amount a firm produces &/or sells i.e they are not linked to output
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Variable Costs
These do alter with the amount a firm produces &/or sells i.e linked to output
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Contribution formula
Used to work out the contribution made by the revenue after each unit after paying the variable cost
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Break Even
The level of output at which neither a profit or a loss is made
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Margin of Safety
margin of safety is how much output or sales level can fall before a business reaches its breakeven point.
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Gross Profit
This is the revenue (money coming into the business) minus the cost of the goods sold (cost of making the goods)
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Operating Profit
This is the gross profit which is the revenue minus the cost of making the goods, minus the expenses (fixed costs)
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Profit of the Year (Net profit)
This is the operating profit (this is the gross profit minus the expenses (fixed costs)) minus the interest and taxation.
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Gross Profit Margin
This is the financial ratio that compares the gross profit with the firm's sales
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Operating Profit Margin
This is the financial ratio that compares the operating profit with the firm's sales
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Profit for the year margin
This is the ratio that compares the profit for the year with the firms sales
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Forecast
Predicting the timings of cash coming into and going out of the business
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Cash flow
This can be described as the inflow and outflow of the business and is necessary for daily operations
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Cash flow forecasting
This is a plan that shows how much money a business expects to receive in, and pay out, over a given period of time.
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Cash inflow
Money received by an organisation as a result of its operating activities, investment activities and financing activities
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Cash outflow
Money paid out by an organization as a result of its operating activities, investment activities and financing activities
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Sales revenue-Total costs=minus value i.e sales revenue

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Loss

Card 3

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This is how much the firm sells in terms of the number of items

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Card 4

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This is the money received from selling the units

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Card 5

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These are spending on assets that bring long term benefits

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