Problem:
Operating budgets for the DiP Company reveal the following information: net sales, $400,000; beginning materials inventory, $23,000; materials purchased, $185,000; beginning work in process inventory, $64,700; beginning finished goods inventory, $21,600; direct labor costs, $34,000; overhead applied, $67,000; ending work in process inventory, $61,200; ending materials inventory, $18,700; and ending finished goods inventory, $16,300.
Required:
Question: Compute DiP Company's budgeted gross margin.
Note: Please show the work not just the answer.