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Flexible Budget for Selling and Administrative Expenses for a Service Company

Morningside Technologies Inc. uses flexible budgets that are based on the following data:

Sales commissions	6% of sales
Advertising expense	24% of sales
Miscellaneous administrative expense	$1,450 per month plus 3% of sales
Office salaries expense	$14,000 per month
Customer support expenses	$2,050 plus 4% of sales
Research and development expense	4,500 per month

Prepare a flexible selling and administrative expenses budget for April for sales volumes of $90,000, $115,000, and $135,000. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

Total sales	$90,000	$115,000	$135,000
Variable cost:
Sales commissions	$fill in the blank 1	$fill in the blank 2	$fill in the blank 3
Advertising expense	fill in the blank 4	fill in the blank 5	fill in the blank 6
Miscellaneous administrative expense	fill in the blank 7	fill in the blank 8	fill in the blank 9
Customer support expenses	fill in the blank 10	fill in the blank 11	fill in the blank 12
Total variable cost	$fill in the blank 13	$fill in the blank 14	$fill in the blank 15
Fixed cost:
Miscellaneous administrative expense	$fill in the blank 16	$fill in the blank 17	$fill in the blank 18
Office salaries expense	fill in the blank 19	fill in the blank 20	fill in the blank 21
Customer support expenses	fill in the blank 22	fill in the blank 23	fill in the blank 24
Research and development expense	fill in the blank 25	fill in the blank 26	fill in the blank 27
Total fixed cost	$fill in the blank 28	$fill in the blank 29	$fill in the blank 30
Total selling and administrative expenses	$fill in the blank 31	$fill in the blank 32	$fill in the blank 33