Cost plus pricing is done in job costing. This cost plus pricing can be done by adding profit markup. Is adding profit margin also part of cost plus pricing?
Mark-ups are defined as the amount added to costs to give selling prices. Margins are the percentage of sales that represents profit.
If cost = 120 and the markup % is 50%, then the profit is 60 and the selling price 180.
The margin (with selling price) is profit/selling price = 60/180 = 33.33%.
The maths can work either way, but the phrase ‘cost plus pricing’ implies that the company knows its costs then adds a percentage for profit to generate a selling price.