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Chapter 22: 4SE (page 1229)

Preparing an operating budget—production budget Bailey Company expects to sell 1,500 units of finished product in January and 1,750 units in February. The company has 180 units on hand on January 1 and desires to have an ending inventory equal to 80% of the next month’s sales. March sales are expected to be 1,820 units. Prepare Bailey’s production budget for January and February.

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The budgeted units to be produced for January and February is 2,720 and 1,806 respectively.

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Meaning of sales budget

A budget that is prepared to estimate the sales revenue figure is known as a sales budget.

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Preparation of sales budget for January and February

Particulars	January	February
Budgeted units to be sold	1,500	1,750
Plus: Desired tablets in ending inventory	1,400	1,456
Total units needed	2,900	3,206
Less: Units in beginning inventory	(180)	(1,400)
Total units to be produced	2,720	1,806

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Preparing the financial budget—cash budget

Use the original schedule of cash receipts completed in Exercise E22-26, Requirement 1, and the schedule of cash payments completed in Exercise E22-27 to complete a cash budget for Marcel Company for January, February, and March.

Additional information: Marcel’s beginning cash balance is \(5,000, and Marcel desires to maintain a minimum ending cash balance of \)5,000. Marcel borrows cash as needed at the beginning of each month in increments of \(1,000 and repays the amounts borrowed in increments of \)1,000 at the beginning of months when excess cash is available. The interest rate on amounts borrowed is 8% per year. Interest is paid at the beginning of the month on the outstanding balance from the previous month.

Preparing an operating budget—sales budget Brown Company manufactures luggage sets. Brown sells its luggage sets to department stores. Brown expects to sell 1,700 luggage sets for \(180 each in January and 2,050 luggage sets for \)180 each in February. All sales are cash only. Prepare the sales budget for January and February.

Match the following statements to the appropriate budgeting objective or benefit: developing strategies, planning, directing, controlling, coordinating and communicating, and benchmarking.

1. Managers are required to think about future business activities.

2. Managers use feedback to identify corrective action.

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Preparing a financial budget—cash budget

Booth has \(12,500 in cash on hand on January 1 and has collected the following budget data:

January February

Sales \) 529,000 \( 568,000

Cash receipts from customers 443,000 502,200

Cash payments for direct materials purchases 180,624 160,284

Direct labor costs 135,010 113,348

Manufacturing overhead costs (includes

depreciation of \)900 per month) 55,058 53,922

Assume direct labor costs and manufacturing overhead costs are paid in the month incurred. Additionally, assume Booth has cash payments for selling and administrative expenses including salaries of \(40,000 per month plus commissions that are 1% of sales, all paid in the month of sale. The company requires a minimum cash balance of \)20,000. Prepare a cash budget for January and February. Round to the nearest dollar. Will Booth need to borrow cash by the end of February?

Preparing a financial budget—schedule of cash payments

Jefferson Company has budgeted purchases of merchandise inventory of \(457,500 in January and \)533,250 in February. Assume Jefferson pays for inventory purchases 70% in the month of purchase and 30% in the month after purchase. The Accounts Payable balance on December 31 is $98,275. Prepare a schedule of cash payments for purchases for January and February.

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