Ash Creek Company is preparing its master budget for 2014. Relevant data pertaining to its sales, production, and direct materials budgets are as follows.
Sales: Sales for the year are expected to total 1,400,000 units. Quarterly sales are 20%, 24%, 24%, and 32%, respectively. The sales price is expected to be $39 per unit for the first three quarters and $44 per unit beginning in the fourth quarter. Sales in the first quarter of 2015 are expected to be 10% higher than the budgeted sales for the first quarter of 2014.