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Chapter 22: Q6TI (page 1219)

Connor Company began operations on January 1 and has projected the following selling and administrative expenses:

Rent Expense $ 1,000 per month, paid as incurred

Utilities Expense 500 per month, paid in month after incurred

Depreciation Expense 300 per month

Insurance Expense 100 per month, 6 months prepaid on January 1

Determine the cash payments for selling and administrative expenses for the first three months of operations.

Short Answer

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The total selling and administrative expenses for January, February, and Marchare$2,400, $1,800, and $1,800, respectively.

Step by step solution

01

Meaning of Selling and Administrative Expense Budget

The selling and administrative expense budget is prepared to estimate the company’s selling and administrative expenses needed for projected sales.

02

 Step 2: Preparation of selling and administrative expense budget

Particulars

January

February

March

Rent expense

$1,000

$1,000

$1,000

Utilities expense

$500

$500

$500

Depreciation expense

$300

$300

$300

Insurance expense ($100*6)

$600

-

-

Total selling and administration expenses

$2,400

$1,800

$1,800

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Most popular questions from this chapter

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

Caputo Company is considering two options. Option 1 is to increase advertising by \(1,100 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 55% but will provide a better product at the same sales price. The marketing manager projects either option will result in sales increases of 25% per month rather than 20%.

Requirements

1. Prepare budgeted income statements for both options, assuming both options begin in January and January sales remain \)10,000. Round all calculations to the nearest dollar.

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

Using sensitivity analysis in budgeting

Refer to the Berry’s schedule of cash receipts from customers that you prepared in Short Exercise S22-9. Now assume that Berry’s sales are collected as follows:

60% in the month of the sale

20% in the month after the sale

18% two months after the sale

2% never collected

Prepare a revised schedule of cash receipts for January and February.

Preparing an operating budget—direct materials budget

Bell expects to produce 1,800 units in January and 2,155 units in February. The company budgets 3 pounds per unit of direct materials at a cost of $10 per pound. Indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes. The balance in the Raw Materials Inventory account (all direct materials) on January 1 is 4,950 pounds. Bell desires the ending balance in Raw Materials Inventory to be 20% of the next month’s direct materials needed for production. Desired ending balance for February is 4,860 pounds. Prepare Bell’s direct materials budget for January and February.

Preparing an operating budget—manufacturing overhead budget Bennett Company expects to produce 2,030 units in January that will require 8,120 hours of direct labor and 2,210 units in February that will require 8,840 hours of direct labor. Bennett budgets \(10 per unit for variable manufacturing overhead; \)2,100 per month for depre000ciation; and $78,460 per month for other fixed manufacturing overhead costs. Prepare Bennett’s manufacturing overhead budget for January and February, including the predetermined overhead allocation rate using direct labor hours as the allocation base.

What is the formula used to determine the number of units to be produced?
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