Mauti Inc. has gathered the following budgeting information for next year and ha

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Mauti Inc. has gathered the following budgeting information for next year and has asked you to prepare their master budget. Sales for the final quarter of the prior year total 1,800 units. Expected sales (in units) for the current year are: 1,620 (Quarter 1), 1,080 (Quarter 2), 1,440 (Quarter 3), and 1,440 (Quarter 4) Sales for the first quarter of the following year total 2,160 units. The selling price is $510 per unit in the first three quarters of the year, and $540 per unit in the final quarter. a. Company policy calls for a given quarter's ending finished goods inventory to equal 90% of the next quarter's expected unit sales. The finished goods inventory at the end of the prior year is 1,458 units, which complies with the policy. The product's manufacturing cost is $119 per unit, including per unit costs of $48 for materials (4 lbs. at $12 per lb.), $40 for direct labor (2 hours $20 direct labor rate per hour), $23 for variable overhead, and $8 for fixed overhead. Annual fixed overhead consists, incurred evenly throughout the year, consist of depreciation orn production equipment, $19,400; factory utilities, $24,300, and other factory overhead of $4,828. b. Company policy also calls for a given quarter's ending raw materials inventory to equal 50% of next quarter's expected materials needed for production. The prior year-end inventory is 2,268 lbs of materials, which complies with the policy. The company expects to have 4,320 lbs. of materials in inventory at year-end. The company has no work in process inventory at the end of any quarter. d. Sales representatives, commissions are 12% of sales and are paid in the quarter of the sales. The sales manager's quarterly salary will be $68,000 in the first three quarters of the year, and $72,000 in the final quarter e. Qarterly general and administrative expenses include $29,000 administrative salaries, rent expense of $17,000 per quarter, insurance expense of $14,000 per quarter, straight- line depreciation of $14,000 per quarter, and 1% monthly interest on the $200,000 long-term note payable (12% annually). f. Income taxes will be assessed at 20%, and are paid in the quarter incurred

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First Qtr. Second Qtr. Third Qtr. Fourth Qtr. Total Next quarter's budgeted sales (units) 1080 1440 1440 2160 Ratio of inventory to future sales 90% 90% 90% 90% Budgeted ending inventory (units) 972 1296 1296 1944 Budgeted unit sales for quarter 1620 1080 1440 1440 Required units of available production 2592 2376 2736 3384 Less: Budgeted beginning inventory (units) 1458 972 1296 1296 Units to be produced 1134 1404 1440 2088 6066

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