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Cook Farm Supply Company manufactures and sells a pesticide called Snare. The fo

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Question

Cook Farm Supply Company manufactures and sells a pesticide called Snare. The following data are available for preparing budgets for Snare for the first 2 quarters of 2017.

1.

Sales: quarter 1, 29,400 bags; quarter 2, 42,200 bags. Selling price is $62 per bag.

2.

Direct materials: each bag of Snare requires 5 pounds of Gumm at a cost of $3.8 per pound and 6 pounds of Tarr at $1.50 per pound.

3.

Desired inventory levels:

Type of Inventory

January 1

April 1

July 1

Snare (bags)

8,100

12,200

18,500

Gumm (pounds)

9,300

10,100

13,100

Tarr (pounds)

14,100

20,200

25,200

4.

Direct labor: direct labor time is 15 minutes per bag at an hourly rate of $16 per hour.

5.

Selling and administrative expenses are expected to be 15% of sales plus $179,000 per quarter.

6.

Interest expense is $100,000.

7.

Income taxes are expected to be 30% of income before income taxes.

Your assistant has prepared two budgets: (1) the manufacturing overhead budget shows expected costs to be 125% of direct labor cost, and (2) the direct materials budget for Tarr shows the cost of Tarr purchases to be $301,000 in quarter 1 and $424,500 in quarter 2.

1.

Sales: quarter 1, 29,400 bags; quarter 2, 42,200 bags. Selling price is $62 per bag.

2.

Direct materials: each bag of Snare requires 5 pounds of Gumm at a cost of $3.8 per pound and 6 pounds of Tarr at $1.50 per pound.

3.

Desired inventory levels:

Explanation / Answer

Q1 Q2 Sales 29400 42200 Cost DM Gumm 5 per bag $3.80 Tarr 6 per bag $1.50 Production Budget Op Stock Closing stock sales Production Snare Bags 8100 12200 29400 33500 Op Stock Closing Stock Consumtion Purchase Rate Amount Gumm 9300 10100 167500 168300 $3.80 $639,540.00 Tarr 14100 20200 201000 207100 $1.50 $310,650.00