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Pricing and Margin Check

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Test whether current prices cover costs and goals.

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Check my pricing against costs. Products or services, price, and direct costs: [PRODUCTS_PRICES_COSTS]. Overheads per month: [OVERHEADS]. Target profit: [TARGET_PROFIT]. Sales mix: [SALES_MIX].

Compute per item: gross margin (price minus direct cost) in currency and percent; allocated overhead share (by revenue, with the method stated); net contribution; and the price needed to reach my target margin (price = cost / (1 minus target margin)). Show arithmetic. Flag items that lose money, items with unusually high margins, and items with high volume but low margin.

Return a ranked table and three options for each weak item (raise price, cut cost, bundle, stop selling), the likely customer reaction (as a hypothesis), and a test to try first. Include a pricing review calendar. Note the difference between markup and margin with an example (cost 60, price 100 is a 40 percent margin and a 66.7 percent markup).

Sort the output table by net contribution, lowest first, and mark any item whose price would have to rise by more than 15 percent to hit the target margin as 'rethink the offer' rather than 'raise the price'.

Do not treat any result as final; each is an estimate resting on the inputs I gave. This does not replace accounting, tax, legal or investment advice from a professional. Check the conclusions with an accountant or financial adviser who practises in [JURISDICTION] before relying on them.

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