Exercise 8-15 Direct Labor and Manufacturing Overhead Budgets [LO8-5, LO8-6]

The Production Department of Hruska Corporation has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced by quarter for the upcoming fiscal year:

	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter
Units to be produced	10,000	9,000	11,000	12,000

Each unit requires 0.20 direct labor-hours and direct laborers are paid $12.00 per hour.

In addition, the variable manufacturing overhead rate is $1.50 per direct labor-hour. The fixed manufacturing overhead is $80,000 per quarter. The only noncash element of manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is $20,000 per quarter.

Required:

1. Calculate the companys total estimated direct labor cost for each quarter of the the upcoming fiscal year and for the year as a whole. Assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the estimated number of units produced.

2&3. Calculate the companys total estimated manufacturing overhead cost and the cash disbursements for manufacturing overhead for each quarter of the the upcoming fiscal year and for the year as a whole.