Information required to forecast cost of goods sold
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Now you have made your best prediction of next year's sales you want to estimate next year's cost of goods sold. Pick two pieces of information you definitely want to obtain in order to help you with this task being sure to explain why they will be helpful.
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First you would want to know what the gross margin (contribution margin) was at the end of last year. For example, if last year, sales were $100,000
And gross margin was $40,000
That would tell you that cost of goods sold were $60,000 or 60% of sales. With your new sales ...
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