Reference no: EM131264442

Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:

Direct material: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound $40.00,

Direct labor: 4 hours at $14.00 per hour $56.00,

Variable overhead: 4 hours at $4.00 per hour $16.00,

Total standard variable cost per unit $112.00.

The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:

Fixed Cost per Month: Advertising $310,000, Sales salaries and commissions $100,000.

Variable Cost per Unit Sold: Sales salaries and commissions $12.00,

Shipping expenses $5.00

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 24,000 units and incurred the following costs:

a) Purchased 150,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $6.40 per pound. All of this material was used in production.

b) Direct-laborers worked 87,000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour.

c) Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $350,500.

d) Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $320,000, $350,610, and $126,000, respectively.

1-12 What amounts of advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses would be included in the company’s flexible budget for March? (Preble Company Flexable Budget For the Month Ended March 31:

Units Sold (q) 2,4000

Expenses:

Advertising $___???____

Sales Salaries and Commissions: $___???_____

Shipping Expenses $____???_____

Total $____???_____