Question

Van lives in Miami and runs a business that sells guitars. In an average year, he receives $842,000 from selling guitars. Of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $452,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $301,000. He owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $38,000 in rent per year. Assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. Also, if Van does not operate this guitar business, he can work as an accountant, receive an annual salary of $48,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $38,000 per year rate. No other costs are incurred in running this guitar business. Identify each of Charles's costs in the following table as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling guitars.

Answer 1

Answer:

manufacturer --> explicit cost

wages and utilities --> explicit cost

implicit cost --> rent of the showroom

implicit cost --> accountant salary

Explanation:

Implicit cost:

A cost already occurred but not necessarily shown or reported as a separate expense. It represents the opportunity cost of internal resources used without explicit compensation. The loss of potential income. but not of profits.

Resuming Implicit cost comes from the use of an asset, rather than renting or buying it.

Explicit cost:

Is a cost that occurs, identificable  and accounted. It occurs during business operations and has a clearly defined dollar amount.

Explicit and implicit costs are utilized in the calculation of economic profit. They are used to determinate profitable of a business