Portraits Unlimited Company Budgeting Project Ian Jennings, president of Portraits Unlimited Company, was just concluding a budget meeting with his senior staff. It was November of 2022, and the group was discussing preparation of the firm's master budget for 2023. "I've decided to go ahead and purchase the industrial robot we've been talking about. We'll make the acquisition on January 3 of next year, and I expect it will take most of the year to train the personnel and reorganize the production process to take full advantage of the new equipment." In response to a question about financing the acquisition, Jennings replied as follows: "The robot will cost $250,000. There will also be an additional $50,000 in ancillary equipment to be purchased. We'll finance these purchases with a one-year $300,000 loan from Shark Bank and Trust Company on January 2. I've negotiated a repayment schedule of four equal installments on the last day of each quarter. The interest rate will be 10 percent per annum on the reducing balance basis, and interest payments will be quarterly as well." With that the meeting broke up, and the budget process was on. Portraits Unlimited Company is a manufacturer of metal picture Portraits. The firm's two product lines are designated as S (small Portraits; 5 x 7 inches) and L (large Portraits; 8 x 10 inches). The primary raw materials are flexible metal strips and 9-inch by 24-inch glass sheets. Each S Portrait requires a 2-foot metal strip; and an L Portrait requires a 3-foot strip. Allowing for normal breakage and scrap glass, the company can get either four S Portraits or two L Portraits out of a glass sheet. Other raw materials, such as cardboard backing, are insignificant in cost and are treated as indirect materials. Jane Williams, Portraits Unlimited's controller is in charge of preparing the master budget for 2023. She has gathered the following information: 1. Sales in the fourth quarter of 2022 are expected to be 50,000 S Portraits and 40,000 L Portraits. The sales manager predicts that over the next two years, sales in each product line will grow by 5,000 units each quarter over the previous quarter. For example, S Portraits sales in first quarter of 2023 are expected to be 55,000 units. 2. Portraits Unlimited Company sales history indicates that 60 percent of all sales are on credit, with the remainder of the sales in cash. The company's collection experience shows that