Question 5.1

For the second quarter of the following year Cloaks Company has projected sales and production in units as follows:

Jan Feb Mar

Sales 49,000 51,000 56,000

Production 53,000 48,000 49,000

Cash-related production costs are budgeted at $7 per unit produced. Of these production costs, 35% are paid in the month in which they are incurred and the balance in the next month. $95,000 per month will account for Selling and administrative expenses. On January 31, the accounts payable balance totals $185,000, which will be paid in February.

All units are sold on account for $13 each. Cash collections from sales are budgeted at 55% in the month of sale, 25% in the month following the month of sale, and the remaining 20% in the second month following the month of sale. On January 1 accounts receivable totaled $500,000 ($90,000 from November's sales and the remaining from December).

Submission Instructions:

1.Prepare a schedule for each month showing budgeted cash disbursements for Cloaks Company.

2.Prepare a schedule for each month showing budgeted cash receipts for Cloaks Company.

Question 5

When analyzing the total variable overhead cost variance into both spending and efficiency variances, it is often assumed that direct labour hours is the sole cost driver.

Submission Instructions:

1. Explain if direct labour costs could ever be a better cost driver of variable overhead costs than direct labour hours.

Question 3 PEI Lighthouse Company makes 20,000 units per year of a specialty light used by lighthouses all around the world. The unit product cost of this part is computed as follows: