3.3 Costs and Revenue Flashcards
Profit = ?
Revenue - Cost
Revenue
the income received from the sale of a good or service
How to calc revenue
p x q
Revenue streams
the income a business gets from different business activity
most common is selling goods and services
can also generate from:
advertisement
merch
transaction fees
sponsorships
Pros and cons of revenue streams
P: allows the business to generate extra revenue and profit
P: dont have to rely on one source of revenue as much
C: may distract the business from its core process
Fixed costs
costs that do not vary with output in the short run
Variable costs
costs that increase as ouput increases
Calculations of total costs
fixed costs + Variable costs
Direct costs
costs that can be clearly identified with production of each unit of production or a project
EX:
cost of meat in hamburgers
cost business teacher in business education
Indirect/Overheads
costs that cannot be clearly identified with each unit of production
Costs that don’t contribute to production but keep the company going
EX:
CEO salary
promotional expenditure in supermarket
cost of cleaning school
Examples of fixed overheads and Variable overheads
Fixed : CEO salary
Variable : Cost of cleaning a school