Problem 9-31 Production and Direct-Labor Budgets; Activity-Based Overhead Budget (LO 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6) The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Spiffy Shades Corporation manufactures artistic frames for sunglasses. Talia Demarest, controller, is responsible for preparing the company's master budget. In compiling the budget data for 20x1 Demarest has learned that new automated production equipment will be installed on March 1. This will reduce the direct labor per frame from 1.0 hour to 0.75 hour Labor-related costs include pension contributions of $1.30 per hour, workers' compensation insurance of $1.00 per hour, employee medical insurance of $4 per hour, and employer contributions to Social Security equal to 5.00 percent of direct-labor wages. The cost of employee benefits paid by the company on its employees is treated as a direct-labor cost. Spiffy Shades Corporation has a labor contract that calls for a wage increase to $13.00 per hour on April 1, 20x1 Management expects to have 30,000 frames on hand at December 31, 20x0, and has a policy of carrying an end-of-month inventory of 100 percent of the following month's sales plus 60 percent of the second following month's sales These and other data compiled by Demarest are summarized in the following table January February March 0.75 $ 11.00 11.00 $11.00 16,000 $ 62.00 59.50 59.50 April 0.75 13.00 May 13.00 59.50 3.00 4.0 4.00 Direct-labor hours per unit Wage per direct-labor hour Estimated unit sales Sales price per unit Production overhead: 75 17,00017,0ob 18,000 20,000 59.50 $ 3.00 3.00 $ 3.003.00 $ 4.00 4.00 $ 4.004.00 4.00 Shipping and handling (per unit sold) Purchasing, material handling, and inspection (per unit produced) Other production overhead (per direct- $ 4.00 4.00 $ 4.00 labor hour) 1. Prepare a production budget and a direct-labor budget for Spiffy Shades Corporation by month and for the first quarter of 20x1. (Round "Direct-labor hours per unit" to 2 decimal places.) SPIFFY SHADES CORPORATION Budget for Production and Direct Labor For the First Quarter of 20x1 Month Janu March ary February 18,000 Quarter Sales (units) Add: Ending inventory Total needs Less: Beginning inventory Units to be produced Direct-labor hours per unit Total hours of direct labor time needed Direct-labor costs 20,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 16,000 0 0 Wages Pension contributions Workers' compensation insurance Employee medical insurance Employer's social security Total direct-labor cost 0 $