Bramble Corporation is a small wholesaler of gourmet food products. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

Sales are budgeted at $420,000 for November, $400,000 for December, and $390,000 for January.

Collections are expected to be 55% in the month of sale and 45% in the month following the sale.

The cost of goods sold is 70% of sales.

The company would like to maintain ending merchandise inventories equal to 60% of the next month's cost of goods sold. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.

Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $24,800.

Monthly depreciation is $15,800.

Ignore taxes.

Balance Sheet
October 31
Assets
Cash	$ 20,800
Accounts receivable	70,800
Merchandise inventory	176,400
Property, plant and equipment, net of $572,800 accumulated depreciation	1,094,800
Total assets	$ 1,362,800
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Accounts payable	$ 254,800
Common stock	820,800
Retained earnings	287,200
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 1,362,800

Expected cash collections in December are:

		$409,000
		$400,000
		$220,000
		$189,000

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Luchini Corporation makes one product and it provided the following information to help prepare the master budget for the next four months of operations:

1. The budgeted selling price per unit is $111. Budgeted unit sales for April, May, June, and July are 7,100, 10,100, 13,300, and 14,000 units, respectively. All sales are on credit.
2. Regarding credit sales, 40% are collected in the month of the sale and 60% in the following month.
3. The ending finished goods inventory equals 10% of the following month's sales.
4. The ending raw materials inventory equals 30% of the following months raw materials production needs. Each unit of finished goods requires 5 pounds of raw materials. The raw materials cost $5.00 per pound.
5. Regarding raw materials purchases, 40% are paid for in the month of purchase and 60% in the following month.
6. The direct labor wage rate is $18.00 per hour. Each unit of finished goods requires 2.9 direct labor-hours.
7. Variable manufacturing overhead is $7.00 per direct labor-hour. Fixed manufacturing overhead is zero.

If the budgeted cost of raw materials purchases in April is $207,650 and in May is $282,625, then in May the total budgeted cash disbursements for raw materials purchases is closest to:

		$237,640
		$113,050
		$169,575
		$124,590

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Petrini Corporation makes one product and it provided the following information to help prepare the master budget for the next four months of operations:

1. The budgeted selling price per unit is $110. Budgeted unit sales for January, February, March, and April are 7,500, 10,600, 12,000, and 11,700 units, respectively. All sales are on credit.
2. Regarding credit sales, 30% are collected in the month of the sale and 70% in the following month.
3. The ending finished goods inventory equals 30% of the following month's sales.
4. The ending raw materials inventory equals 10% of the following months raw materials production needs. Each unit of finished goods requires 5 pounds of raw materials. The raw materials cost $4.00 per pound.
5. Regarding raw materials purchases, 40% are paid for in the month of purchase and 60% in the following month.
6. The direct labor wage rate is $23.00 per hour. Each unit of finished goods requires 2.6 direct labor-hours.
7. Manufacturing overhead is entirely variable and is $8.00 per direct labor-hour.
8. The variable selling and administrative expense per unit sold is $1.70. The fixed selling and administrative expense per month is $70,000.

The estimated direct labor cost for February is closest to:

$253,460

$456,000

$28,652

$658,996

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Bonkowski Corporation makes one product and has provided the following information to help prepare the master budget for the next four months of operations:

Budgeted selling price per unit	$ 97
Budgeted unit sales (all on credit):
January	10,000
February	12,000
March	13,300
April	15,200

Raw materials requirement per unit of output	4	pounds
Raw materials cost	$ 1.00	per pound
Direct labor requirement per unit of output	2.5	direct labor-hours
Direct labor wage rate	$ 23.00	per direct labor-hour
Predetermined overhead rate (all variable)	$ 9.00	per direct labor-hour
Variable selling and administrative expense	$ 3.10	per unit sold
Fixed selling and administrative expense	$ 70,000	per month

Credit sales are collected:

30% in the month of the sale

70% in the following month

Raw materials purchases are paid:

30% in the month of purchase

70% in the following month

The ending finished goods inventory should equal 30% of the following month's sales. The ending raw materials inventory should equal 10% of the following months raw materials production needs.

The estimated selling and administrative expense for February is closest to:

		$107,200
		$70,000
		$71,470
		$37,200