BE. 23.6
Identify the budgets in Column B from which dollar amounts are transferred directly in constructing
the budgets listed in Column A.
Column A Column B
1. Budgeted income statement
2. Budgeted balance sheet
3. Cash flow budget
4. Cost of goods sold budget
5. Production budget
a. Direct materials budget
b. Cost of goods sold budget
c. Production budget
d. Payables budget
e. Sales budget
f. Budgeted income statement
EXERCISE 23.1
The following information is from the manufacturing budget and the budgeted financial statements
of Fabor Fabrication:
Direct materials inventory, Jan. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 73,000
Direct materials inventory, Dec. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,000
Direct materials budgeted for use during the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264,000
Accounts payable to suppliers of materials, Jan. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,000
Accounts payable to suppliers of materials, Dec. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,000
Compute the budgeted amounts for:
a. Purchases of direct materials during the year.
b. Cash payments during the year to suppliers of materials.
EXERCISE 23.8
Sales on account for the first two months of the current year are budgeted as follows:
Jan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $800,000
Feb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880,000
All sales are made on terms of 2/10, n/30 (2% discount if paid in 10 days, full amount by 30 days);
collections on accounts receivable are typically made as follows:
Collections within the month of sale:
Within discount period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70%
After discount period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Collections within the month following sale:
Within discount period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
After discount period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Returns, allowances, and uncollectibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100%
Compute the estimated cash collections on accounts receivable for the month of February.
EXERCISE 23.9
On March 1 of the current year, Spicer Corporation compiled information to prepare a cash budget
for March, April, and May. All of the company- sales are made on account. The following information
has been provided by Spicer- management:
Month Credit Sales
Jan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000 (actual)
Feb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400,000 (actual)
Mar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600,000 (estimated)
Apr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700,000 (estimated)
May. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800,000 (estimated)
The company- collection activity on credit sales historically has been as follows:
Collections in the month of the sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%
Collections one month after the sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Collections two months after the sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Uncollectible accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Spicer- total cash expenditures for March, April, and May have been estimated at $1,200,000 (an
average of $400,000 per month). Its cash balance on March 1 of the current year is $500,000. No
financing or investing activities are anticipated during the second quarter.
Compute Spicer- budgeted cash balance at the ends of March, April, and May.
EXERCISE 24.2
The standard costs and variances for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead for the
month of May are as follows
Standard Cost Unfavorable Favorable
Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 85,000
Price variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000
Quantity variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000
Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000
Rate variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,700
Efficiency variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,200
Manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000
Spending variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000
Volume variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000
EXERCISE 24.4
Gumchara Corporation reported the following information with respect to the materials required to
manufacture amalgam florostats during the current month:
Standard price per gram of materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4
Standard quantity of materials per amalgam florostat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 grams
Actual materials purchased and used in production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000 grams
Actual amalgam florostats produced during the month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 units
Actual cost of materials purchased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000
Normal monthly output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 units
a. Determine Gumchara- materials price variance.
b. Determine Gumchara- materials quantity variance.
c. Will Gumchara- overhead volume variance be favorable or unfavorable? Why?
EXERCISE 24.6
Marlo Enterprises produces radon mitigation pumps. Information pertaining to the company-
monthly direct labor usage is provided below:
Standard labor rate per hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16
Standard hours allowed per radon mitigation pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 hours
Actual pumps produced during the current month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000 units
Actual labor hours worked during the current month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,600 hours
Actual labor cost for the current month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,800
a. Compute the company- labor rate variance.
b. Compute the company- labor efficiency variance.
c. An extremely large order of radon mitigation pumps was filled during the month for exportation
to Saudi Arabia. Filling this order resulted in extended hours for many of the company- workers.
Which labor variance reflects the extra hours worked by Marlo- employees? Was their time
well utilized? Explain.
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