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. Sales: quarter 1, 28,000 bags; quarter 2, 43,000 bags. Selling price is $61 per bag. 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 $1.75 per pound. Desired inventory levels: Direct labor: direct labor time is 15 minutes per bag at an hourly rate of $14 per hour. Selling and administrative expenses are expected to be 15% of sales plus $177,000 per quarter. Interest expense is $100,000. 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 $302,000 in quarter 1 and $427,500 in quarter 2. Prepare the sales budget. Prepare the production budget.Explanation / Answer
Sales Budget:
Production Budget:
Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Six months Sales in units 28,000 bags 43,000 bags 71,000 bags Selling price per bag $ 61 $ 61 $ 61 Dollar sales $ 1,708,000 $ 2,623,000 $ 4,331,000