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Connor Company began operations on January 1 and has projected the following selling and administrative expenses:

Rent Expense $ 1,000 per month, paid as incurred

Utilities Expense 500 per month, paid in month after incurred

Depreciation Expense 300 per month

Insurance Expense 100 per month, 6 months prepaid on January 1

Determine the cash payments for selling and administrative expenses for the first three months of operations.

Short Answer

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The total selling and administrative expenses for January, February, and Marchare$2,400, $1,800, and $1,800, respectively.

Step by step solution

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Meaning of Selling and Administrative Expense Budget

The selling and administrative expense budget is prepared to estimate the company’s selling and administrative expenses needed for projected sales.

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 Step 2: Preparation of selling and administrative expense budget

Particulars

January

February

March

Rent expense

$1,000

$1,000

$1,000

Utilities expense

$500

$500

$500

Depreciation expense

$300

$300

$300

Insurance expense ($100*6)

$600

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-

Total selling and administration expenses

$2,400

$1,800

$1,800

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Patrick works for McGill’s Computer Repair, owned and operated by Frank McGill. As a computer technician, Patrick has grown accustomed to friends and family members asking for assistance with their personal computers. In an effort to increase his income, Patrick started a personal computer repair business that he operates out of his home on a part-time basis, working evenings and weekends. Because Patrick is doing this “on the side” for friends and family, he does not want to charge as much as McGill’s charges its customers. When Frank McGill assigned Patrick the task of developing the budget for his department, Patrick increased the amount budgeted for computer parts. When the budget was approved, Patrick purchased as many parts as the budget allowed, even when they were not needed. He then took the extra parts home to use in his personal business in an effort to keep his costs down and profits up. So far, no one at McGill’s has asked about the parts expense because Patrick has not allowed the actual amount spent to exceed the budgeted amount.

Requirements

1. Why would Patrick’s actions be considered fraudulent?

2. What can a company do to protect against this kind of business risk?

Preparing an operating budget—sales budget

Trailers sells its rock-climbing shoes worldwide. Trailers expects to sell 6,500 pairs of shoes for \(185 each in January and 4,000 pairs of shoes for \)220 each in February. All sales are cash only. Prepare the sales budget for January and February.

Preparing a financial budget—budgeted income statement and balance sheet

Buncomb Companyhas the following post-closing trial balance on December 31, 2018:

The company’s accounting department has gathered the following budgeting information for the first quarter of 2019:

Budgeted total sales,all on account $ 121,700 Budgeted purchases of merchandise inventory,

all on account 61,200 Budgeted cost of goods sold 60,850 Budgeted selling and administrative expenses: Commissions expense 6,085 Salaries expense 3,000 Rent expense 4,100 Depreciation expense 900 Insurance expense 300 Budgeted cash receipts from customers 126,450 Budgeted cash payments for merchandise inventory 67,925 Budgeted cash payments for salaries and commissions 14,836 Budgeted income tax expense 4,700 Additional information:

Rent and income tax expenses are paid as incurred. Insurance expense is an expiration of the prepaid amount.

Requirements

  1. Prepare a budgeted income statement for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
  2. 2. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of March 31, 2019.

Preparing an operating budget—sales budget

Yarbrough Company manufactures T-shirts printed with tourist destination logos. The following table shows sales prices and projected sales volume for the summer months:

Projected Sales in Units T-Shirt Sizes Sales Price June July August Youth $ 7 575 500 525 Adult—regular 17 625 900 825 Adult—oversized 18 400 500 475 Prepare a sales budget for Yarbrough Company for the three months.

Completing a comprehensive budgeting problem—merchandising company Alliance Printing Supply of Baltimore has applied for a loan. Its bank has requested a budgeted income statement for April 2018 and a balance sheet at April 30, 2018. The March 31, 2018, balance sheet follows:

As Alliance Printing Supply’s controller, you have assembled the following additional information:

a. April dividends of \(7,000 were declared and paid.

b. April capital expenditures of \)16,300 budgeted for cash purchase of equipment.

c. April depreciation expense, \(1,000.

d. Cost of goods sold, 40% of sales.

e. Desired ending inventory for April is \)22,400.

f. April selling and administrative expenses include salaries of \(37,000, 30% of which will be paid in cash and the remainder paid next month.

g. Additional April selling and administrative expenses also include miscellaneous expenses of 10% of sales, all paid in April.

h. April budgeted sales, \)89,000, 80% collected in April and 20% in May.

i. April cash payments of March 31 liabilities incurred for March purchases of inventory, \(8,600.

j. April purchases of inventory, \)8,600 for cash and $37,400 on account. Half the credit purchases will be paid in April and half in May.

Requirements

1. Prepare the sales budget for April.

2. Prepare the inventory, purchases, and cost of goods sold budget for April.

3. Prepare the selling and administrative expense budget for April.

4. Prepare the schedule of cash receipts from customers for April.

5. Prepare the schedule of cash payments for selling and administrative expenses for April.

6. Prepare the cash budget for April. Assume the company does not use short-term financing to maintain a minimum cash balance.

7. Prepare the budgeted income statement for April.

8. Prepare the budgeted balance sheet at April 30, 2018.

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