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 2020.

1.		Sales: quarter 1, 28,000 bags; quarter 2, 43,000 bags. Selling price is $61 per bag.
2.		Direct materials: each bag of Snare requires 5 pounds of Gumm at a cost of $3.80 per pound and 6 pounds of Tarr at $1.75 per pound.
3.		Desired inventory levels:

Type of Inventory		January 1		April 1		July 1
Snare (bags)		8,100		12,400		18,400
Gumm (pounds)		9,200		10,400		13,500
Tarr (pounds)		14,400		20,300		25,300

4.		Direct labor: direct labor time is 15 minutes per bag at an hourly rate of $16 per hour.
5.		Selling and administrative expenses are expected to be 15% of sales plus $177,000 per quarter.
6.		Interest expense is $100,000.
7.		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. (Note: Do not prepare the manufacturing overhead budget or the direct materials budget for Tarr.)

PREPARE THE SELLING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE BUDGET?

COOK FARM SUPPLY COMPANY Selling and Administrative Expense Budget For the Six Months Ending June 30, 2020 Quarter Six Months 1 2 Budgeted sales in units Variable Cost $ CA $ Fixed Cost