Tilger Farm Supply Company manufactures and sells a fertilizer called Snare. The following data are available for
Question:
Tilger Farm Supply Company manufactures and sells a fertilizer called Snare. The following data are available for preparing budgets for Snare for the first two quarters of 2016.
1. Sales: Quarter 1, 28,000 bags; quarter 2, 42,000 bags. Selling price is $60 per bag.
2. Direct materials: Each bag of Snare requires 4 kg of Gumm at $4 per kilogram and 6 kg of Tarr at $1.50 per kilogram.
3. Desired inventory levels:
4. Direct labour: Direct labour time is 15 minutes per bag at an hourly rate of $14 per hour.
5. The company expects selling and administrative expenses to be 15% of sales plus $175,000 per quarter.
6. It expects income taxes to be 30% of income from operations.
Your assistant has prepared two budgets: (1) The manufacturing overhead budget shows expected costs to be 150% of direct labour cost. (2) The direct materials budget for Tarr shows the cost of Tarr purchases to be $297,000 in quarter 1 and $439,500 in quarter 2.
Instructions
Prepare the budgeted income statement for the first six months and all required operating budgets by quarters. Do not prepare the manufacturing overhead budget or the direct materials budget for Tarr.
Step by Step Answer:
Managerial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
ISBN: 978-1118856994
4th Canadian edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso, Ibrahim M. Aly