Margin of Safety Shrink Review

Recompute the margin of safety when sales slip instead of reusing last period’s buffer. Preparation only, not an account action.

What to provide

Current break-even point, prior sales and revised sales.

How it works

1. Record the break-even sales from current prices and costs.
2. Compute the prior margin of safety against prior sales.
3. Recompute it against revised sales.
4. Return the shrink review without a forecast claim.

The output

period | break_even_sales | actual_sales | margin_of_safety | shrink | forecast_unproved

Worked fictional example

Fictional break-even 800 units. Prior sales 1,200 gave a 33% buffer; revised sales 950 give 16%. Reusing the 33% buffer overstates the cushion by half.

Checks and limits

Keep original values, source IDs and version dates. Unknown facts stay held. Use qualified review for hiring, legal and accounting conclusions. No send, share, sign-in, scheduling, ledger change or payment. Fictional contract review is not a live account compatibility test.

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