Reference no: EM133121438
Question - Cook Farm Supply Company manufactures and sells a pesticide called Snare. The following data are available for preparing budgets for Snare for the first 2 quarters of 2020.
1. Sales: quarter 1, 29,400 bags; quarter 2, 42,600 bags. Selling price is $63 per bag.
2. Direct materials: each bag of Snare requires 4 pounds of Gumm at a cost of $3.80 per pound and 6 pounds of Tarr at $1.75 per pound.
3. Desired inventory levels:
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Type of Inventory
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January 1
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April 1
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July 1
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Snare (bags)
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8,100
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12,200
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18,100
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Gumm (pounds)
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9,500
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10,100
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13,200
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Tarr (pounds)
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14,200
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20,500
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25,400
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4. Direct labor: direct labor time is 15 minutes per bag at an hourly rate of $16 per hour.
5. Selling and administrative expenses are expected to be 15% of sales plus $179,000 per quarter.
6. Interest expense is $100,000.
7. Income taxes are expected to be 30% of income before income taxes.
Your assistant has prepared two budgets: (1) the manufacturing overhead budget shows expected costs to be 125% of direct labor cost, and (2) the direct materials budget for Tarr shows the cost of Tarr purchases to be $301,000 in quarter 1 and $426,500 in quarter 2.