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Chapter 22: Q27E (page 1234)

Preparing a financial budget—schedule of cash payments

Marcel Company has the following projected costs for manufacturing and selling and administrative expenses:

January February March Direct materials purchases \( 3,100 \) 3,500 $ 4,800 Direct labor costs 3,300 3,500 3,600 Depreciation on plant 550 550 550 Utilities for plant 650 650 650 Property taxes on plant 200 200 200 Depreciation on office 550 550 550 Utilities for office 250 250 250 Property taxes on office 170 170 170 Office salaries 3,500 3,500 3,500

All costs are paid in month incurred except: direct materials, which are paid in the month following the purchase; utilities, which are paid in the month after incurred; and property taxes, which are prepaid for the year on January 2. The Accounts Payable and Utilities Payable accounts have a zero balance on January 1. Prepare a schedule of cash payments for Marcel for January, February, and March. Determine the balances in Prepaid Property Taxes, Accounts Payable, and Utilities Payable as of March 31.

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The balances in prepaid property taxes, accounts payable, and utilities payable are $3,330, $4,800, $ 900.

Step by step solution

01

Preparation of schedule of cash receipts

Particulars

January

February

March

Total budgeted merchandise inventory

$3,100

$3,500

$4,800

Cash payments:




Direct materials

$0

$3,100

$3,500

Direct labor cost

$3,300

$3,500

$3,600

Utilities for plant

$0

$650

$650

Property taxes on plant

$200*12 =$2,400

-

-

Utilities for office

$0

$250

$250

Property taxes on office

$170*12 =$2,040

-

-

Office salaries

$3,500

$3,500

$3,500

Total cash payments

$14,340

$14,500

$16,300

02

Calculation of balances in prepaid property taxes, accounts payable, and utilities payable

Prepaid property taxes = (tax on office+ tax on plant)*9

= ($200+$170)*9

= $3,330

Accounts payable =4,800

Utilities payable = Utilities on office+ utilities on plant

= $650 + $250

= $900

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Preparing the financial budget—budgeted balance sheet

Barker, Inc. has the following balance sheet at December 31, 2018:

Barker projects the following transactions for 2019:

Sales on account, \(20,000

Cash receipts from customers from sales on account, \)17,600

Purchase of raw materials on account, \(7,000

Payments on account, \)3,500

Total cost of completed products, \(16,600, which includes the following:

Raw materials used, \)7,100

Direct labor costs incurred and paid, \(3,900

Manufacturing overhead costs incurred and paid, \)4,800

Depreciation on manufacturing equipment, \(800

Cost of goods sold, \)14,800

Selling and administrative costs incurred and paid, \(500

Purchase of equipment, paid in 2019, \)2,000

Prepare a budgeted balance sheet for Barker, Inc. for December 31, 2019. (Hint: It may be helpful to trace the effects of each transaction on the accounting equation to determine the ending balance of each account.)

Patrick works for McGill’s Computer Repair, owned and operated by Frank McGill. As a computer technician, Patrick has grown accustomed to friends and family members asking for assistance with their personal computers. In an effort to increase his income, Patrick started a personal computer repair business that he operates out of his home on a part-time basis, working evenings and weekends. Because Patrick is doing this “on the side” for friends and family, he does not want to charge as much as McGill’s charges its customers. When Frank McGill assigned Patrick the task of developing the budget for his department, Patrick increased the amount budgeted for computer parts. When the budget was approved, Patrick purchased as many parts as the budget allowed, even when they were not needed. He then took the extra parts home to use in his personal business in an effort to keep his costs down and profits up. So far, no one at McGill’s has asked about the parts expense because Patrick has not allowed the actual amount spent to exceed the budgeted amount.

Requirements

1. Why would Patrick’s actions be considered fraudulent?

2. What can a company do to protect against this kind of business risk?

What budgets are included in the financial budget for a merchandising company?

Southeast Suites operates a regional hotel chain. Each hotel is operated by a manager and an assistant manager/controller. Many of the staff who run the front desk, clean the rooms, and prepare the breakfast buffet work part-time or have a second job, so employee turnover is high.

Assistant Manager/Controller Terry Dunn asked the new bookkeeper to help prepare the hotel’s master budget. The master budget is prepared once a year and is submitted to company headquarters for approval. Once approved, the master budget is used to evaluate the hotel’s performance. These performance evaluations affect hotel managers’ bonuses, and they also affect company decisions on which hotels deserve extra funds for capital improvements.

When the budget was almost complete, Dunn asked the bookkeeper to increase the amounts budgeted for labor and supplies by 15%. When asked why, Dunn responded that hotel manager Clay Murry told her to do this when she began working at the hotel. Murry explained that this budgetary cushion gave him flexibility in running the hotel. For example, because company headquarters tightly control capital improvement funds, Murry can use the extra money budgeted for labor and supplies to replace broken televisions or pay “bonuses” to keep valued employees. Dunn initially accepted this explanation because she had observed similar behavior at the hotel where she worked previously.

Requirements Put yourself in Dunn’s position. In deciding how to deal with the situation, answer the following questions:

1. What is the ethical issue?

2. What are the options?

3. What are the possible consequences?

4. What should you do?

Preparing a financial budget—budgeted income statement and balance sheet Ball Company has the following post-closing trial balance on December 31, 2018:

The company’s accounting department has gathered the following budgeting information for the first quarter of 2019:

Budgeted total sales, all on account $ 121,800 Budgeted purchases of merchandise inventory, all on account 60,400 Budgeted cost of goods sold 60,900 Budgeted selling and administrative expenses:

Commissions expense 6,090 Salaries expense 7,000 Rent expense 4,100 Depreciation expense 600 Insurance expense 400 Budgeted cash receipts from customers 125,840 Budgeted cash payments for merchandise inventory 67,775 Budgeted cash payments for salaries and commissions 14,822 Budgeted income tax expense 5,400 Additional information: Rent and income tax expenses are paid as incurred. Insurance expense is an expiration of the prepaid amount.

Requirements

  1. Prepare a budgeted income statement for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
  2. 2. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of March 31, 2019.
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