Explain the margin of safety

      

Explain the margin of safety

  

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It is the excess of budgeted (actual sales) over the break – even volume of sales.
It shows the amount by which sales can drop before losses begin to be incurred.
The formula is;

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Wilfykil answered the question on April 15, 2019 at 10:07

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