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Chapter 22: Q31E (page 1237)

Preparing an operating budget—inventory, purchases, and cost of goods sold budget

Slate, Inc. sells tire rims. Its sales budget for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, follows:

Quarter Ended Nine-MonthTotal

March 31 June 30 September 30 Cash sales, 20% \( 28,000 \) 38,000 \( 33,000 \) 99,000

Credit sales, 80% 112,000 152,000 132,000 396,000 Total sales \( 140,000 \) 190,000 \( 165,000 \) 495,000

In the past, cost of goods sold has been 40% of total sales. The director of marketing and the financial vice president agree that each quarter’s ending inventory should not be below \(5,000 plus 10% of cost of goods sold for the following quarter. The marketing director expects sales of \)240,000 during the fourth quarter. The January 1 inventory was $38,000. Prepare an inventory, purchases, and cost of goods sold budget for each of the first three quarters of the year. Compute cost of goods sold for the entire nine-month period.

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The total budgeted inventory is $471,600 and budgeted cost of goods sold is $198,000.

Step by step solution

01

Preparation of inventory budget


March 31

June 30

September 30

Total

Budgeted sales

$140,000

$190,000

$165,000

$495,000

Plus: Desired ending inventory

$12,600

$11,600

$14,600

$38,800

Total required inventory

$152,600

$201,600

$179,600

$533,800

Less: Beginning inventory

($38,000)

($12,600)

($11,600)

$62,200

Budgeted inventory

$114,600

$189,000

$168,000

$471,600

02

Preparation of cost of goods sold budget


March 31

June 30

September 30

Total

Budgeted sales

$140,000

$190,000

$165,000

$495,000

Budgeted cost of goods sold

$56,000

$76,000

$66,000

$198,000

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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.

Preparing an operating budget—selling and administrative expense budget

Consider the sales budget presented in Exercise E22-31. Slate’s selling and administrative expenses include the following:

Rent, \(2,000 per month

Salaries, \)4,000 per month

Commissions, 5% of sales

Depreciation, $1,000 per month

Miscellaneous expenses, 2% of sales

Prepare a selling and administrative expense budget for each of the three quarters of 2018 and totals for the nine-month period.

Preparing a financial budget—cash budget

You recently began a job as an accounting intern at Reilly Golf Park. Your first task was to help prepare the cash budget for April and May. Unfortunately, the computer with the budget file crashed, and you did not have a backup or even a paper copy. You ran a program to salvage bits of data from the budget file. After entering the following data in the budget, you may have just enough information to reconstruct the budget.

Reilly Golf Park eliminates any cash deficiency by borrowing the exact amount needed from First Street Bank, where the current interest rate is 6% per year. Reilly Golf Park first pays interest on its outstanding debt at the end of each month. The company then repays all borrowed amounts at the end of the month with any excess cash above the minimum required but after paying monthly interest expenses. Reilly does not have any outstanding debt on April 1.

Complete the cash budget. Round interest expense to the nearest whole dollar.

Using sensitivity analysis Holly Company prepared the following budgeted income statement for the first quarter of 2018:

Holly Company is considering two options. Option 1 is to increase advertising by \(700 per month. Option 2 is to use better-quality materials in the manufacturing process. The better materials will increase the cost of goods sold to 45% but will provide a better product at the same sales price. The marketing manager projects either option will result in sales increases of 30% per month rather than 20%.

Requirements

1. Prepare budgeted income statements for both options, assuming both options begin in January and January sales remain \)8,000. Round all calculations to the nearest dollar.

2. Which option should Holly choose? Explain your reasoning.

Explain the difference between static and flexible budgets.
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