{
  "id": "list-price-markdown-calculator",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "name": "List Price Markdown Calculator",
  "shortName": "List Price Markdown",
  "description": "Find the list price needed to offer a planned markdown while preserving a target gross margin.",
  "category": "Finance",
  "categorySlug": "finance",
  "keywords": [
    "list",
    "price",
    "markdown",
    "calculator",
    "list price markdown calculator"
  ],
  "status": "live",
  "workStatus": "pending",
  "reviewStatus": "pending",
  "migrationStatus": "new",
  "engine": "native",
  "creator": null,
  "reviewer": null,
  "quality": {
    "availability": "live",
    "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/list-price-markdown-calculator.json",
    "qualifiedReview": "pending",
    "qualifiedReviewer": null,
    "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
    "formulaVersion": "1.0.0",
    "referenceCoverage": "references-pending",
    "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
    "historicalMetadataDate": "2026-09-01",
    "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
  },
  "urls": {
    "page": "/calculator/list-price-markdown-calculator/",
    "definition": "/calculator/list-price-markdown-calculator/definition.json",
    "schema": "/calculator/list-price-markdown-calculator/schema.json",
    "llms": "/calculator/list-price-markdown-calculator/llms.txt",
    "legacyDefinition": "/calculator/list-price-markdown-calculator.json"
  },
  "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/calculator/list-price-markdown-calculator/?cost=10&targetGrossMargin=75&markdownPercent=20",
  "queryParameters": {
    "cost": {
      "label": "Product or service cost",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 10
    },
    "targetGrossMargin": {
      "label": "Target gross margin",
      "type": "percent",
      "required": true,
      "default": 75
    },
    "markdownPercent": {
      "label": "Planned markdown from list price",
      "type": "percent",
      "required": true,
      "default": 20
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "cost",
      "label": "Product or service cost",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "defaultValue": 10,
      "min": 0,
      "step": 0.01
    },
    {
      "id": "targetGrossMargin",
      "label": "Target gross margin",
      "type": "percent",
      "required": true,
      "defaultValue": 75,
      "min": -1000,
      "max": 99.999,
      "step": 0.01
    },
    {
      "id": "markdownPercent",
      "label": "Planned markdown from list price",
      "type": "percent",
      "required": true,
      "defaultValue": 20,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 99.999,
      "step": 0.01
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "requiredListPrice",
      "label": "Required list price",
      "format": "currency",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "sellingPriceAfterMarkdown",
      "label": "Selling price after markdown",
      "format": "currency"
    },
    {
      "id": "markdownAmount",
      "label": "Markdown amount",
      "format": "currency"
    },
    {
      "id": "grossProfit",
      "label": "Gross profit",
      "format": "currency"
    },
    {
      "id": "markupOnCost",
      "label": "Markup on cost",
      "format": "percent",
      "digits": 6
    }
  ],
  "formula": {
    "expression": "selling price = cost ÷ (1 − margin); list price = selling price ÷ (1 − markdown)"
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "label": "Reproducible default-input example (not a personal recommendation)",
      "inputs": {
        "cost": 10,
        "targetGrossMargin": 75,
        "markdownPercent": 20
      }
    }
  ],
  "sources": []
}