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Chapter 22: Q2RQ (page 1228)
Question: One benefit of budgeting is coordination and communication. Explain what this means.
Answer
The budget encourages managers to communicate to ensure that the company can achieve its goals.
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Preparing an operating budget鈥攄irect materials budget
Bell expects to produce 1,800 units in January and 2,155 units in February. The company budgets 3 pounds per unit of direct materials at a cost of $10 per pound. Indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes. The balance in the Raw Materials Inventory account (all direct materials) on January 1 is 4,950 pounds. Bell desires the ending balance in Raw Materials Inventory to be 20% of the next month鈥檚 direct materials needed for production. Desired ending balance for February is 4,860 pounds. Prepare Bell鈥檚 direct materials budget for January and February.
Understanding the components of the master budgetThe following are some of the components included in the master budget of amerchandising company.
a. Budgeted balance sheet
b. Sales budget
c. Capital expenditures budget
d. Budgeted income statement
e. Cash budget
f. Inventory, purchases, and cost of goods sold budget
g. Selling and administrative expense budget
List the items of the master budget in order of preparation.
What budgets are included in the financial budget for a merchandising company?
Preparing an operating budget鈥攃ost of goods sold budget Butler Company expects to sell 1,650 units in January and 1,550 units in February. The company expects to incur the following product costs:
Direct materials cost per unit \( 85
Direct labor cost per unit 60
Manufacturing overhead cost per unit 55
The beginning balance in Finished Goods Inventory is 250 units at \)200 each for a total of $50,000. Butler uses FIFO inventory costing method. Prepare the cost of goods sold budget for Butler for January and February.
Preparing an operating budget鈥攃ost of goods sold budget
Refer to the budgets prepared in Exercise E22-24. Determine the cost per kit to manufacture the model airplane kits. Grady projects sales of 100, 150, 100, and 200 kits for the next four quarters. Prepare a cost of goods sold budget for the year. Grady has no kits in beginning inventory. Round amounts to two decimal places.
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