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PA8-4 Preparing Operating Budget Components [LO 8-3a, b, c, d] Wesley Power Tool

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Question

PA8-4 Preparing Operating Budget Components [LO 8-3a, b, c, d]

Wesley Power Tools manufactures a wide variety of tools and accessories. One of its more popular items is a cordless power handisaw. Each handisaw sells for $68. Wesley expects the following unit sales:


Wesley’s ending finished goods inventory policy is 30 percent of the next month’s sales.
       Suppose each handisaw takes approximately .60 hours to manufacture, and Wesley pays an average labor wage of $30 per hour.
       Each handisaw requires a plastic housing that Wesley purchases from a supplier at a cost of $7.00 each. The company has an ending raw materials inventory policy of 20 percent of the following month’s production requirements. Materials other than the housing unit total $4.50 per handisaw.
       Manufacturing overhead for this product includes $72,000 annual fixed overhead (based on production of 27,000 units) and $1.20 per unit variable manufacturing overhead. Wesley’s selling expenses are 7 percent of sales dollars, and administrative expenses are fixed at $18,000 per month.

Required:
1.
Compute the following for the first quarter: (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

January   February   March   1st Quarter total
1.   Budgeted Sales Revenue _______ _______ _______   $0
2.   Budgeted Production in Units _______   _______   _______ 0

3.   Budgeted Cost of Raw Material Purchases for the Plastic Housings _______ _______ _______ $0
4.   Budgeted Direct Labor Cost _______   _______   _______ $0

January 6,000 February 6,200 March 6,700 April 6,500 May 5,900

Explanation / Answer

1) Budgted sales revenue

2) Budgeted production units

3) Budgeted cost of raw materials for Plastic Housing

4) Budgeted Direct labor cost

January February March Quarter total Sales units 6000 6200 6700 18900 Selling price $68 $68 $68 Budgeted sales revenue $4,08,000 $4,21,600 $4,55,600 $12,85,200