Exam 8: Flexible Budgets, Standard Costs, and Variance Analysis

Dilbert Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow: o Sales are budgeted at $260,000 for November, $230,000 for December, and $210,000 for January. O Collections are expected to be 80% in the month of sale, 19% in the month following the sale, and 1% uncollectible. O The cost of goods sold is 65% of sales. O The company desires to have an ending merchandise inventory at the end of each month equal to 60% of the next month's cost of goods sold. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase. O Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $20,300. O Monthly depreciation is $20,000. O Ignore taxes. Retained earnings at the end of December would be:

The Adams Corporation, a merchandising firm, has budgeted its activity for November according to the following information: • Sales at $450,000, all for cash. • Merchandise inventory on October 31 was $200,000. • The cash balance November 1 was $18,000. • Selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at $60,000 for November and are paid for in cash. • Budgeted depreciation for November is $25,000. • The planned merchandise inventory on November 30 is $230,000. • The cost of goods sold is 70% of the selling price. • All purchases are paid for in cash. • There is no interest expense or income tax expense. The budgeted cash disbursements for November are:

Poriss Corporation makes and sells a single product called a Yute. The company is in the process of preparing its Selling and Administrative Expense Budget for the last quarter of the year. The following budget data are available: All of these expenses (except depreciation) are paid in cash in the month they are incurred. If the company has budgeted to sell 16,000 Yutes in December, then the budgeted total cash disbursements for selling and administrative expenses for December would be:

The sales budget is usually prepared before the production budget.

JT Department Store expects to generate the following sales for the next three months: JT's cost of gods sold is 60% of sales dollars. At the end of each month, JT wants a merchandise inventory balance equal to 20% of the following month's expected cost of goods sold. What dollar amount of merchandise inventory should JT plan to purchase in August?

The Gerald Corporation makes and sells a single product called a Clop. Each Clop requires 1.1 direct labor-hours at $8.20 per direct labor-hour. The direct labor workforce is fully adjusted each month to the required workload. The company is preparing a Direct Labor Budget for the first quarter of the year. If the company has budgeted to produce 20,000 Clops in January, then the budgeted direct labor cost for January is:

The direct labor budget shows the direct labor-hours required to produce the desired ending inventory.

The TS Corporation has budgeted sales for the year as follows: The ending inventory of finished goods for each quarter should equal 25% of the next quarter's budgeted sales in units. The finished goods inventory at the start of the year is 2,500 units. Four pounds of raw materials are required for each unit produced. Raw materials on hand at the start of the year total 4,200 pounds. The raw materials inventory at the end of each quarter should equal 10% of the next quarter's production needs in material. Scheduled purchases of raw materials for the second quarter should be:

Shocker Corporation's sales budget shows quarterly sales for the next year as follows: Unit sales Corporation policy is to have a finished goods inventory at the end of each quarter equal to 20% of the next quarter's sales. Budgeted production for the second quarter of the next year would be:

The following information was taken from the production budget of Paeke Corporation for next quarter: How many units is the company expecting to sell in the month of February?

Carter Lumber sells lumber and general building supplies to building contractors in a medium-sized town in Montana. Data regarding the store's operations follow: o Sales are budgeted at $380,000 for November, $390,000 for December, and $400,000 for January. O Collections are expected to be 70% in the month of sale, 27% in the month following the sale, and 3% uncollectible. O The cost of goods sold is 65% of sales. O The company desires to have an ending merchandise inventory equal to 80% of the following month's cost of goods sold. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase. O Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $22,000. O Monthly depreciation is $20,000. O Ignore taxes. Accounts payable at the end of December would be:

Davey Corporation is preparing its Manufacturing Overhead Budget for the fourth quarter of the year. The budgeted variable manufacturing overhead rate is $3.00 per direct labor-hour; the budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $66,000 per month, of which $10,000 is factory depreciation. If the budgeted direct labor time for November is 9,000 hours, then the total budgeted cash disbursements for manufacturing overhead for November must be:

Parliman Corporation is preparing its cash budget for August. The budgeted beginning cash balance is $12,000. Budgeted cash receipts total $159,000 and budgeted cash disbursements total $162,000. The desired ending cash balance is $20,000. The company can borrow up to $160,000 at any time from a local bank, with interest not due until the following month. Required: Prepare the company's cash budget for August in good form.

Which of the following benefits could an organization reasonably expect from an effective budget program?

The manufacturing overhead budget at Cardera Corporation is based on budgeted direct labor-hours. The direct labor budget indicates that 2,300 direct labor-hours will be required in January. The variable overhead rate is $1.00 per direct labor-hour. The company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $28,060 per month, which includes depreciation of $4,600. All other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. The company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. The predetermined overhead rate for January should be:

LFM Corporation makes and sells a product called Product WZ. Each unit of Product WZ requires 3.5 hours of direct labor at the rate of $16.00 per direct labor-hour. Management would like you to prepare a Direct Labor Budget for June. The budgeted direct labor cost per unit of Product WZ would be:

Bracken Corporation is a small wholesaler of gourmet food products. Data regarding the store's operations follow: o Sales are budgeted at $330,000 for November, $340,000 for December, and $340,000 for January. O Collections are expected to be 80% in the month of sale, 17% in the month following the sale, and 3% uncollectible. O The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales. O The company would like to maintain ending merchandise inventories equal to 70% of the next month's cost of goods sold. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase. O Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,800. O Monthly depreciation is $19,000. O Ignore taxes. The difference between cash receipts and cash disbursements for December would be:

Davey Corporation is preparing its Manufacturing Overhead Budget for the fourth quarter of the year. The budgeted variable manufacturing overhead rate is $3.00 per direct labor-hour; the budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $66,000 per month, of which $10,000 is factory depreciation. If the budgeted direct labor time for December is 4,000 hours, then the predetermined manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour for December would be:

The TS Corporation has budgeted sales for the year as follows: The ending inventory of finished goods for each quarter should equal 25% of the next quarter's budgeted sales in units. The finished goods inventory at the start of the year is 2,500 units. Four pounds of raw materials are required for each unit produced. Raw materials on hand at the start of the year total 4,200 pounds. The raw materials inventory at the end of each quarter should equal 10% of the next quarter's production needs in material. Scheduled production for the third quarter should be:

Dilbert Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow: o Sales are budgeted at $260,000 for November, $230,000 for December, and $210,000 for January. O Collections are expected to be 80% in the month of sale, 19% in the month following the sale, and 1% uncollectible. O The cost of goods sold is 65% of sales. O The company desires to have an ending merchandise inventory at the end of each month equal to 60% of the next month's cost of goods sold. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase. O Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $20,300. O Monthly depreciation is $20,000. O Ignore taxes. The cash balance at the end of December would be: