You are a manager for Peyton Approved, a pet supplies manufacturer. This responsibility requires you to create budgets, make pricing decisions, and analyze the results of operations to determine if changes need to be made to make the company more efficient.
You will be preparing a budget for the quarter July through September 2015. You are provided the following information. The budgeted balance sheet on June 30, 2015, is:
Sales were 20,000 units in June 2015.
Forecasted sales in units are as follows: July, 18,000; August, 22,000; September, 20,000; October, 24,000. The product selling price is $18.00 per unit and its total product cost is $14.35per unit.
2. The June 30 finished goods inventory is 16,800 units.
3.Going forward, company policy calls for a given months ending finished goods inventory to equal 70% of the next month’s expected unit sale.
4. The June 30 raw materials inventory is 4,600units. The budgeted September 30 raw materials inventory is 1,980 units. Raw materials cost $7.75perunit. Each finished unit requires 0.50 units of raw materials. Company policy calls for a given month’s ending raw materials inventory to equal 20% of the next month’s materials requirements.
5. Each finished unit requires 0.50 hours of direct labor at a rate of $16 per hour.
6. Overhead is allocated based on direct labor hours. The predetermined variable overhead rate is $1.35 per unit produced. Depreciation of $20,000 per month is treated as fixed factory overhead.
7. Monthly general and administrative expenses include $12,000 administrative salaries and 0.9% monthly interest on the long-term note payable.
8. Sales representatives ‘commissions are 12% of sales and are paid in the month of the sales. The sales manager’s monthly salary is $3,750 per month.
Questions
Prepare a Sales Budget
Complete the Sales Budget on the Budgets tab below by using the information found in the budgeted balance sheet above.
Consider assumption 1 when completing this critical element: Sales were 20,000 units in June 2015. Forecasted sales in units are as follows: July, 18,000; August, 22,000; September, 20,000; October, 24,000. The product’s selling price is $18.00 per unit and its total product cost is $14.35 per unit.
Prepare a Production Budget
Complete the Production Budget on the Budgets tab below by using the information found in the budgeted balance sheet above.
Consider assumption 1 while completing this critical element: Sales were 20,000 units in June 2015. Forecasted sales in units are as follows: July, 18,000; August, 22,000; September, 20,000; October, 24,000. The product’s selling price is $18.00 per unit and its total product cost is $14.35 per unit.
Consider assumption 2 while completing this critical element: The June 30 finished goods inventory is 16,800 units.
Consider assumption 3 while completing this critical element: Going forward, company policy calls for a given month’s ending finished goods inventory to equal 70% of the next month’s expected unit sales.
Prepare a Manufacturing Budget
Complete the Manufacturing Budget on the Budgets tab below by using the information found in the budgeted balance sheet above. The manufacturing budget consists of three parts: the Raw Materials Budget, the Direct Labor Budget, and the Factory Overhead Budget.
Raw Material Budget:
Consider assumption 4 while completing this critical element: The June 30 raw materials inventory is 4,600 units. The budgeted September 30 raw materials inventory is 1,980 units. Raw materials cost $7.75 per unit. Each finished unit requires 0.50 units of raw materials. Company policy calls for a given month’s ending raw materials inventory to equal 20% of the next month’s materials requirements.
Consider units to be produced found in the production budget while completing this critical element.
Direct Labor Budget:
Consider assumption 5 while completing this critical element: Each finished unit requires 0.50 hours of direct labor at a rate of $16 per hour.
Consider units to be produced found in the production budget while completing this critical element.
Factory Overhead Budget:
Consider assumption 6 while completing this critical element: Overhead is allocated based on direct labor hours. The predetermined variable overhead rate is $1.35 per unit produced. Depreciation of $20,000 per month is treated as fixed factory overhead.
Consider units to be produced found in the production budget while completing this critical element.
Prepare a Selling Budget
Complete the Selling Expense Budget.
Consider assumption 8 while completing this critical element: 8. Sales representatives’ commissions are 12% of sales and are paid in the month of the sales. The sales manager’s monthly salary is $3,750 per month.
General and Administrative Expense Budget
Complete the General and Administrative Expense Budget.
Consider assumption 7 while completing this critical element: 7. Monthly general and administrative expenses include $12,000 administrative salaries and 0.9% monthly interest on the long-term note payable.
The actual quantity of material used was 31,000 with an actual cost of $7.75 per unit. The actual labor hours were 33,000 with an actual rate per hour of $15.