The Highlander Corporation

Balance Sheet

December 31, 2016

Assets

Cash $ 6,595

Accounts Receivable 10,000

Finished Goods

(575 units x $7.00 per unit 4,025

Raw Materials

(2,760 square inches @ $0.50

per square inch) 1,380

Plant and Equipment $ 60,000

Less: Accumulated Depreciation 15,000 45,000

Total Assets 67,000

Liabilities

Trade Accounts Payable 9,000

9,000

Stockholders Equity

Common Stock 33,000

Retained Earnings 25,000

Total Stockholders Equity 58,000

Total liabilities & Stockholders

equity $ 67,000

In preparation for developing the master budget for the first three months of 2017, the following has been extracted from the companys accounting records

1. All sales are made on account at $25 per unit. Sixty Percent of the sales are collected in the month of sale, the remaining 40% are collected in the following month. Forecast sales for the first five months of 2017 are: January, 1,800 units; February, 2,000 units; March, 2,100 units; April, 2,000 units; May 2,200 units.

2. Management wants to maintain the finished goods inventory at 30% of the following months sales.

3. Watson uses four square inches of direct materials in each finished unit. The direct material prices

have been stable and are expected to remain so over the next six months. Management wants to maintain the ending direct materials inventory at 60% of the following months production needs.

4. 70% of all purchases are paid in the month of purchase; the remaining 30% are paid in the subsequent month.

5. Watsons product requires 30 minutes of direct labor time. Each hour of direct labor costs $8. Additionally factory overhead is charged to products at a rate of $4 per labor hour.

6. Equipment depreciation for 2017(already included in the factory overhead) will be $6,000 ($500 per month).

7. No new equipment will be purchased and no new common stock will be issued during 2017.

8. Operating expenses, all paid in cash, are expected to be $2,500 in January and grow by 1% each month after that.

9. Beginning and ending Work-In-Process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored.

Prepare the following for January, February and March:

F. a combination direct labor and factory overhead budget

G. a cash budget (you may combine items B and E with this budget)

H. a budgeted income statement

I. a budgeted balance sheet

Each schedule should show budgets for January, February, and March (e.g. dont put each month on a separate sheet, but each schedule, A to I, should be on a separate worksheet). You may omit a Quarter Total column or sheet. To the degree possible, each sheet should be linked to all related sheets. For example, the sales figures on your production budget should come from (be linked to) your sales budget.