Imagine, you are planning to start a new small, home-based business. You are going to make and sell a single item. What is the item that your business will sell? Assumptions: You are starting your business next month, so currently you have no beginning inventory of finished goods or raw materials. Also, there is no beginning balance for accounts payable or accounts receivable. All the manufacturing costs you incur for your business falls under any one of the two categories: direct material (DM) or MOH. (Remember indirect material part of MOH) To calculate the DM cost for your product, find out a simple recipe for the product you are planning to sell. You MUST NOT visit any physical store to collect any data. All information must be collected from the internet. If you can't find any information you need on the internet, make reasonable guesses. For each of your direct material fill out the following table. Make more copies of the table if necessary. You need to have a separate table for each direct material. Direct Material 1: Direct material item name Quantity required for each unit of product Desired ending inventory as a percentage of following month's production requirement Price per unit of direct material Direct Material 2: Direct Material Name Quantity Required for Each Unit of Product Desired Ending Inventory as a Percentage of Following Month's Production Requirement Price Per Unit of Direct Material Direct Material 3: Direct Material Name Quantity Required for Each Unit of Product Desired Ending Inventory as a Percentage of Following Month's Production Requirement Price Per Unit of Direct Material Based on the recipe and information you have collected from the internet, calculate the total direct material cost for making one unit of your product. Now, we will calculate MOH costs for your business. Remember, Total MOH = Variable MOH + Fixed MOH. . Assume, indirect materials are the only thing included in your variable MOH. Identify some indirect materials for your product, and assume a rate of variable MOH cost for each unit of product. You do not have to make any budget for indirect material. The variable MOH rate you have assumed in the previous table will be used for preparing the MOH budget. Since depreciation is part of fixed MOH, we will now calculate depreciation expenses. To calculate depreciation expense, first, identify the equipment you will need to make your product. Next, find the cost(s) of the equipment from the internet. Then, make estimation(s) about useful life. Finally, calculate the depreciation expense per month using a straight-line depreciation method. Show your calculations in the following table. Add more rows in the table if necessary. Equipment Name Cost Useful Life Depreciation Expense Write down the total depreciation expense included in fixed MOH based on your calculations in the last table. All the equipment you have identified above will be purchased in the first month of your business, i.e. in October 2020. Identify all other monthly fixed MOH expenses for your business. Remember, it is a small, home-based business so you do not have to make many complicated assumptions. You have already calculated depreciation expense in the above table. List all fixed expenses, including depreciation expense calculated above, in the following table. Add more rows in the table as necessary. Fixed MOH Expense Item Name Fixed Expense Per Month Write down the total fixed MOH expense, including depreciation expense, based on the list you have prepared in the last table. Remember, Total selling and administrative (Sn'A) expense = Variable Sn'A + Fixed Sn'A Your variable Sn'A expense consists of only two items - delivery expense per unit and packaging cost per unit. Write your estimations about delivery expense per unit and packaging cost per unit in the following table. Also, add the two numbers to calculate total variable Sn'A expense for each unit of product. Your fixed advertising expense consists of only one item - facebook advertising expense. Write your estimation about your monthly facebook advertising expense. This is your total fixed Sn'A expense per month. . Calculate your total variable expenses for each unit of product by adding the direct material cost per unit, variable MOH rate per unit, and variable Sn'A expense per unit of product. Calculate your selling price per unit by charging a 200% mark-up on per unit variable expense. Month Now, we will make some estimations about the number of units of product your business expects to sell over the next 12 months. Fill out the following table about sales estimates. Estimated Units of Product Sold October November December January February March April May June July August September Assume all sales will be on cash and you will collect 100% of the revenue. Since you are going to sell a food item, no ending inventory of finished goods will be maintained. Each unit will be manufactured after an order is received. All purchases for all direct materials are made fully in cash. You want to draw a dividend of BDT 20,000 every month as the sole owner of your business. [This your dividend, you will not use this money for operating your business.] . At the end of each month you want to have at least BDT 50,000 cash available for operating your business. You will start the business with a cash investment of BDT 500,000. You can borrow up to BDT 200,000 from your best friend to invest in your business. You will not repay any borrowed amount, even if you have sufficient cash available, any time during the next year. Requirements: Based on the assumptions you have formed above, prepare a Master Budget consisting of the following components in the Google Sheet attached to this assignment. 1. Sales Budget [No schedule of cash collection will be needed as all sales are on cash.] 2. Direct Material Budget(s) [Make a separate budget for each direct material. No schedule of cash disbursements for direct material will be necessary as all purchases will be made in cash.] 3. MOH Budget. 4. Sn'A Expense Budget 5. Cash Budget Note: You will not need any production budget since units sold = units produced every month. Thus, the sales estimates you have formed above will also be used as the number of units produced in the Master Budget. Your budget must be prepared as demonstrated in class. First input your assumptions in the Google Sheet, and then prepare a fully linked Master Budget making use of cell referencing and automated formulas for calculations