Answer: current year’s sales = $ 1,200,000
Working notes for the above answer is as under
We have been provided with the information as follow
business had a margin of safety ratio of 20%,
variable costs of 75% of sales,
fixed costs of $240,000,
abreak-even point of $960,000,
operating income of $60,000
Now we will calculate current year sales as follow
Margin of safety = Actual Sales – BEP Sales
20% = 100% -80%
We have been given in th sum that
break-even point of $960,000,
So current year sales
=960,000 / 80%
= $1,200,000