Exam 7: Master Budgets and Performance Planning

Todd Enterprises is preparing a cash budget for the second quarter of the coming year. The following data have been forecasted: Additional data: (1) Sales are 40% cash and 60% credit. The collection pattern for credit sales is 50% in the month following the sale and 50% in the month thereafter. Total sales in March were $125,000. (2) Purchases are all on credit, with 40% paid in the month of purchase and the balance paid in the following month. (3) Operating expenses are paid in the month they are incurred. (4) A minimum cash balance of $25,000 is required at the end of each month. (5) Loans are used to maintain the minimum cash balance. At the end of each month, interest of 1% per month is paid on the outstanding loan balance as of the beginning of the month. Repayments are made whenever excess cash is available. Prepare the company's cash budget for May. Show the ending loan balance at May 31.

The ________ shows the budgeted costs for factory overhead that will be needed to complete the estimated production for the period, often separated into variable and fixed costs.

Operating budgets include all the following budgets except the:

A plan that reports the units or costs of merchandise to be purchased by a merchandising company during the budget period is called a:

Budgets are long-term financial plans that generally cover more than a one-year period.

Which of the following budgets is not completed before a cash budget is prepared?

There are at least five benefits from budgeting. Identify two of these benefits: (1) ________ (2) ________

Zhang Industries sells a product for $700. Unit sales for May were 400 and each month's sales are expected to exceed the prior month's results by 3%. Compute the total sales dollars to be reported on the sales budget for month ended June 30.

Webster Corporation is preparing a master budget for the first quarter of the year. The company budgets production of 2,680 units in January, 2,600 units in February and 2,740 units in March. Each unit requires 0.6 hours of direct labor. The direct labor rate is $12 per hour. Compute the budgeted direct labor cost for the first quarter budget.

The number and types of budgets included in a master budget depend on the company's size and complexity.

A managerial accounting report that presents predicted amounts of the company's revenues and expenses for the budget period is called a:

Cahuilla Corporation predicts the following sales in units for the coming four months: Each month's ending Finished Goods Inventory should be 40% of the next month's sales. March 31 Finished Goods inventory is 96 units. A finished unit requires five pounds of direct material B at a cost of $2.00 per pound. The March 31 Raw Materials Inventory has 200 pounds of B. Each month's ending Raw Materials Inventory should be 30% of the following month's production needs. The budgeted purchases of pounds of direct material B during May should be:

Grason Corporation is preparing a budgeted balance sheet for 2018. The retained earnings balance at December 31, 2017 was $533,500. The 2015 budgeted income statement shows expected net income of $112,000. The company expects to declare dividends during 2018 amounting to $40,000. The expected balance in retained earnings on the 2018 budgeted balance sheet is:

A company's history indicates that 20% of its sales are for cash and the remaining 80% are on credit. Collections on credit sales are 30% in the month of the sale and 70% the following month. Projected sales for January, February, and March are $75,000, $92,000 and $60,000, respectively. The March expected cash receipts are $80,500.

The Gardner Company expects sales for October of $248,000. Experience suggests that 45% of sales are for cash and 55% are on credit. The company collects 50% of its credit sales in the month of sale and 50% in the month following sale. Budgeted Accounts Receivable on September 30 is $67,000. What is the amount of Accounted Receivables on the October 31 budgeted balance sheet?

Lafayette Company's experience shows that 20% of its sales are for cash and 80% are on credit. An analysis of credit sales shows that 50% are collected in the month following the sale, 45% are collected in the second month, and 5% prove to be uncollectible. Calculate the following.

The sales budget for Modesto Corp. shows that 20,000 units of Product A and 22,000 units of Product B are going to be sold for prices of $10 and $12, respectively. The desired ending inventory of Product A is 20% higher than its beginning inventory of 2,000 units. The beginning inventory of Product B is 2,500 units. The desired ending inventory of B is 3,000 units. Budgeted purchases of Product B for the year would be:

The production budget is derived from the sales budget and the company's desired inventory levels.

Memphis Company anticipates total sales for April, May, and June of $800,000, $900,000, and $950,000 respectively. Cash sales are normally 25% of total sales. Of the credit sales, 30% are collected in the same month as the sale, 65% are collected during the first month after the sale, and the remaining 5% are collected in the second month. Compute the amount of accounts receivable reported on the company's budgeted balance sheet for June 30.

The master budget of a merchandising company includes a: