Check my Required information The following information applies to the questions displayed below) Spiffy Shades Corporation manufactures artistic frames for sunglasses. Talia Demarest, controller, is responsible for preparing the company's master budget. In compiling the budget data for 20x1, Demarest has learned that new automated production equipment will be installed on March 1. This will reduce the direct labor per frame from 10 hour to 0.75 hour Labor-related costs include pension contributions of $1.30 per hour, workers' compensation insurance of $100 per hour, employee medical Insurance of $4 per hour, and employer contributions to Social Security equal to 4.00 percent of direct-labor wages. The cost of employee benefits paid by the company on its employees is treated as a direct-labor cost. Spiffy Shades Corporation has a labor contract that calls for a wage increase to $21.00 per hour on April 1, 20x1. Management expects to have 28,000 frames on hand at December 31, 20x0, and has a policy of carrying an end-of-month inventory of 100 percent of the following month's sales plus 50 percent of the second following month's sales These and other data compiled by Demarest are summarized in the following table. Direct-labor hours per unit Wage per direct-labor hour Estimated unit sales Sales price per unit January 1.0 $ 19.00 18 , $ 66.ee February 1.e $ 19.00 2e, eee $ 63.50 March 0.75 $ 19.00 16,eee $ 63.5e April 0.75 $ 21.00 17, eee $ 63.50 May 0.75 $ 21.00 17,eee $ 63.50 Prey 1 2 3 of 9 Next > These and other data compiled by Demarest are summarized in the following table. January 1.0 $ 19.00 18,000 $ 66.00 February 1.e $ 19.ee 20,000 $ 63.50 March 0.75 $ 19.ee 16, eee $ 63.50 April 0.75 $ 21.00 17, eee $ 63.50 May 0.75 $ 21.ee 17, eee $ 63.50 Direct-labor hours per unit Wage per direct-labor hour Estimated unit sales Sales price per unit Production overhead: Shipping and handling (per unit sold) Purchasing, material handling, and inspection (per unit produced) Other production overhead (per direct-labor hour) $ 5.ee $ 5.ee $ 5.ee $ 5.ee $ 5.00 $ 6.00 $ 6.00 $ 6.00 $ 6.ee $ 6.ee $6.00 $6.00 $ 6.ee $ 6.00 $6.ee Required: 1. Prepare a production budget and a direct-labor budget for Spiffy Shades Corporation by month and for the first quarter (Round "Direct-labor hours per unit" to 2 decimal places.) SPIFFY SHADES CORPORATION Budget for Production and Direct Labor For the First Quinter of 2011