diff --git a/app/models/fixed_budget.rb b/app/models/fixed_budget.rb
index 783e560..ff04099 100644
--- a/app/models/fixed_budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/fixed_budget.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,27 @@ class FixedBudget < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Validations
 
   # Accessors
+  def markup_value
+    return 0 if budget.blank? || markup.blank?
+
+    case
+    when percent_markup?
+      percent = markup.gsub('%','').to_f
+      return budget.to_f * (percent / 100)
+    when straight_markup?
+      markup.gsub('$','').gsub(',','').to_f
+    else
+      0 # Invalid markup
+    end
+    
+  end
+
+  def percent_markup?
+    markup && markup.match(/%/)
+  end
+
+  def straight_markup?
+    markup && markup.match(/\$/)
+  end
+  
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/fixed_budget_test.rb b/test/unit/fixed_budget_test.rb
index 09c18d1..2ea7def 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixed_budget_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/fixed_budget_test.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,31 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
 class FixedBudgetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   should_belong_to :deliverable
 
+  context "#markup_value" do
+    setup do
+      @fixed_budget = FixedBudget.new(:budget => 1000)
+    end
+    
+    context "with no markup" do
+      should "be 0" do
+        assert_equal nil, @fixed_budget.markup
+        assert_equal 0, @fixed_budget.markup_value
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with a % markup" do
+      should "equal the budget times the %" do
+        @fixed_budget.markup = '50%'
+        assert_equal 500, @fixed_budget.markup_value
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with a $ markup" do
+      should "equal the $ markup (straight markup)" do
+        @fixed_budget.markup = '$4,000.57'
+        assert_equal 4000.57, @fixed_budget.markup_value
+      end
+    end
+    
+  end
 end