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7.5: Operating Budget

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    Operating budgets include separate budgets for each of three key line items on the income statement.

    1. Sales budget
    2. Cost of goods sold budget *

      * To prepare the cost of goods sold budget, a manufacturer first prepares the following five supporting budgets:

      a. production budget

      Requires sales budget result

      b. direct materials purchases budget

      Requires production budget result

      c. direct materials cost budget

      Requires materials purchases budget result

      d. direct labor cost budget

      Requires production budget result

      e. factory overhead budget

      Independent of previous budgets

    3. Selling and administrative budget

      The results of all the individual operating budgets are combined to present a budgeted income statement, which culminates with the anticipated amount of net income.

      To illustrate, two distinct master budgets for 2019 for two different manufacturing companies will be presented side by side.

      The first company makes only one product, a 42” art deco replica of the Statue of Liberty, which it sells to wholesalers and souvenir shops. Only one direct material, metal, is used in producing these statues.

      The second company makes protective headgear and produces two products: bicycle helmets and ski helmets. Each type of headgear requires two direct materials: plastic and foam lining.

      The best approach is to first review the budgets for the statue souvenirs in the left column of the side-by-side budgets. It is the simpler of the two since it covers only one product that uses one direct material. It illustrates the basic concepts. The budgets for the helmets are similar to those for the statues, but they are a bit more complex since two products and two direct materials are involved. The manufacture of the helmets occurs in two departments: forming and assembly.

      The following information will be used to prepare a sales budget, production budget, direct materials purchases budget, direct materials cost budget, direct labor cost budget, factory overhead budget, selling and administrative budget, and budgeted income statement. The data in the left column is for the statue souvenirs; the information in the right column is for the helmets.

      Statue Souvenirs (1 product and 1 direct material)

      Estimated sales volume

      3,000 units

      Selling price per unit

      $200

         

      Estimated inventory of completed units on Jan. 1

      2,600 units

      Desired inventory of completed units on Dec. 31

      600 units

         

      Number of pounds of metal per completed unit

      8.6 pounds

      Price per pound of metal

      $6

         

      Estimated inventory of metal on Jan. 1

      1,800 pounds, $10,800

      Desired inventory of metal on Dec. 31

      300 pounds, 1,800

         

      Time spent for direct labor per completed unit

      5 hours

      Direct labor rate per hour

      $10

         

      Estimated factory overhead costs for the year:

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Supervisor salary

      $7,600

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Utilities

      1,900

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Indirect materials

      1,700

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Depreciation

      800

         

      Estimated work in process on Jan. 1

      $25,100

      Desired work in process on Dec. 31

      3,100

         

      Estimated finished goods on Jan. 1

      $36,700

      Desired finished goods on Dec. 31

      9,400

         

      Estimated selling costs for the year:

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Advertising expense

      $16,300

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Sales commissions expense

      14,100

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Utilities expense

      12,000

         

      Estimated administrative costs for the year:

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Salaries expense

      $87,700

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Utilities expense

      11,400

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Office supplies expense

      5,600

         

      Estimated tax rate

      20%

      Bicycle and Ski Helmets (2 products and 2 direct materials)

      Estimated sales volume

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Bicycle helmets

      2,600 units

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Ski helmets

      4,800 units

         

      Selling price per unit

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Bicycle helmets

      $50 per unit

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Ski helmets

      $130 per unit

         

      Estimated inventory of completed units on Jan. 1

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Bicycle helmets (@ $24 per unit)

      110 units

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Ski helmets (@ $95 per unit)

      320 units

         

      Desired inventory of completed units on Dec. 31

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Bicycle helmets (@ $25 per unit)

      150 units

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Ski helmets (@ $93 per unit)

      280 units

         

      Number of pounds of plastic per completed unit

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Bicycle helmets

      0.8 pounds

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Ski helmets

      1.6 pounds

         

      Number of pounds of foam lining per completed unit

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Bicycle helmets

      0.3 pounds

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Ski helmets

      0.6 pounds

         

      Price per pound of plastic

      $4

      Price per pound of lining

      $2

         

      Estimated inventory of plastic on Jan. 1

      120 pounds

      Desired inventory of plastic on Dec. 31

      90 pounds

         

      Estimated inventory of foam lining on Jan. 1

      100 pounds

      Desired inventory of foam lining on Dec. 31

      140 pounds

         

      Estimated bicycle work in process on Jan. 1 (@$15)

      450 units

      Estimated bicycle work in process on Dec. 31 (@$10)

      610 units

      Estimated ski work in process on Jan. 1 (@$70)

      520 units

      Estimated ski work in process on Dec. 31 (@$40)

      500 units

         

      Number of direct labor hours of forming per completed unit

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Bicycle helmets

      0.2 hours

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Ski helmets

      0.4 hours

         

      Number of direct labor hours of assembly per completed unit

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Bicycle helmets

      0.6 hours

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Ski helmets

      1.2 hours

         

      Direct labor rate per hour for forming

      $15

      Direct labor rate per hour for assembly

      $12

         

      Estimated factory overhead costs for the year:

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Indirect factory wages

      $59,900

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Depreciation plant and equipment

      8,700

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Utilities

      2,800

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Insurance and property tax

      1,600

         

      Estimated selling costs for the year:

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Sales salaries expense

      $129,200

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Advertising expense

      60,800

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Telephone expense – selling

      4,100

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Travel expense – selling

      6,300

         

      Estimated administrative costs for the year:

       

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Office salaries expense

      $22,700

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Depreciation expense – office

      2,600

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Telephone expense – office

      900

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Office supplies expense

      800

      \(\ \quad \quad\)Miscellaneous office expense

      700

         

      Estimated tax rate

      25%


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