7.3 Case Study

Question 3 ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION 1. Please explain the characteristics of the relevant cost and give two examples of the irrelevant cost.                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. “The Traditional budget enables better cost control within firms”, discuss the previous statement with giving two examples of the main alternative budgets systems that you learn this year.                                                                                           3. London Manufacturing Limited developed the following standard costs for direct material and direct labour for one of their major products, the 40 litres heavy-duty plastic container. Each container requires the following: Types of Cost Standard quantity Standard price Direct labour 0.2 hours £18 per hour       During March, London…

ash Budgeting Dorothy Koehl recently leased space in the Southside Mall and opened a new business, Koehl's Doll Shop. Business has been good, but Koehl frequently runs out of cash. This has necessitated late payment on certain orders, which is beginning to cause a problem with suppliers. Koehl plans to borrow from the bank to have cash ready as needed, but first she needs a forecast of how much she should borrow. Accordingly, she has asked you to prepare a cash budget for the critical period around Christmas, when needs will be especially high. Sales are made on a cash basis only. Koehl's purchases must be paid for during the following month. Koehl pays herself a salary of $4,800 per month, and the rent is $3,000 per month. In addition, she must make a tax payment of $10,000 in December. The current cash on hand (on December 1) is $300, but Koehl has agreed to maintain an average bank balance of $7,000 - this is her target cash balance. (Disregard the amount in the cash register, which…

BUDGETING A BUSINESS SCENARIO - STEP 5 FIXED COST BUDGET Fixed costs budget will be different for every organization and will depend upon what sort of resources are consumed by each entity.. Budg expects her fixed costs and her capital expenditure for the next three months to be as follows: ● ● ● Rent on the new workshop of $3,000 will be paid in January to cover the months of January, February and March. New machinery and tools will cost $15,000 and will be delivered and paid for in January. These new non-current assets will have an expected useful life of five years and should be depreciated on the straight line basis. She anticipates that she will receive and pay an electricity bill in March covering the period 1 January to 15 March. She expects that this bill will be for around $1,500. Budg estimates that the new workshop will use a further $300 of electricity between 16th and 31st March. Each month of operation should be allocated an equal amount of electricity cost. An invoice…

View prevlous attempt Exercise 13-44 (Algo) Budgeting in a Service Organization: Solve for Unknown (LO 13-7) Jolly Cleaners offers residential and commercial cleaning services. Clients pay a fixed monthly fee for the service, but can cancel the service at the end of any month. In addition to the employees who do the actual cleaning, the firm includes two managers who handle the administrative tasks (human resources, accounting, and so on) and one dispatcher, who assigns the cleaning employees to jobs on a daily basis, On average, residential clients pay $280 per month for cleaning services and the commercial clients pay $1,400 per month. A typical residential client requires 10 hours a month for cleaning and a typical commercial client requires 50 hours a month. In March, Jolly Cleaners had 40 commercial clients and 200 residential clients. Cleaners are paid $10 per hour and are only paid for the hours actually worked. Supplies and other varlable costs are estimated to cost $5 per hour…

a and b are the correct answers I just need the answer for c question The company employs its own workforce

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Question 3.3   Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Inc. has a budget of $900,000 in 2021 for prevention costs. If it decides to automate a portion of its prevention activities, it will save $80,000 in variable costs. The new method will require $40,000 in training costs and $100,000 in annual equipment costs. Management is willing to adjust the budget for an amount up to the cost of the new equipment. The budgeted production level is 150,000 units.  Appraisal costs for the year are budgeted at $600,000. The new prevention procedures will save appraisal costs of $50,000. Internal failure costs average $15 per failed unit of finished goods. The internal failure rate is expected to be 3% of all completed items. The proposed changes will cut the internal failure rate by one-third. Internal failure units are destroyed. External failure costs average $54 per failed unit. The company's average external failures average 3% of units sold. The new proposal will reduce this rate by 50%. Assume all units…

Current Attempt in Progress The production manager at ABC Inc. is responsible for formulating the budget for his department. He will be evaluated on his ability to control costs. After considerable thought, he arrives at his best estimate of costs, and then adds a further 10% to the projections. Chances are he has Inflated the cost projections because that is the way it has always been done. O conservative accounting practise requires that he not under report expenses. O by overestimating expenses, it will make it easier for him to come in under budget and receive a favourable evaluation. Onone of the above.

a and b are the correct answers I just need the answer for question c The company employs its own sales force

*****PLS NEW ANS****** What are the advantages of preparing the flexible budget? The period is over, and the actual results are known. Is this just extra work for the staff? Please provide 3 advantages with proper explanation of each.

The Chapter 8 Form worksheet is to be used to create your own worksheet version of the Review Problem in the text. Requirement 2: The company has just hired a new marketing manager who insists that unit sales can be dramatically increased by dropping the selling price from $8 to $7. The marketing manager would like to use the following projections in the budget: a. What are the total expected cash collections for the year under this revised budget? b. What is the total required production for the year under this revised budget? c. What is the total cost of raw materials to be purchased for the year under this revised budget? d. What are the total expected cash disbursements for raw materials for the year under this revised budget? e. After seeing this revised budget, the production manager cautioned that due to the current production constraint, a complex milling machine, the plant can produce no more than 90,000 units in any one quarter. Is this a potential problem?

QUESTION 57 True Love Inc., is pretty heavy into the use of budgets. Which of the following statements is TRUE of the budgeting process of True-Love and in fact, any company that uses budgets? O Managers and employees are motivated to accept the budget's goals because they enjoy having their work monitored and evaluated. O Ha company carefully plans for its future, there will be no need to make modifications during the budget period O R shows the actual performance of the business O It is a continuous process that encourages communication. QUESTION S8 Opportunity cost is the benefit O given up by purchasing goods at a price lower than its total manufacturing cost O gven up by choosing an alternate course of action O received by selling goods on behalf of another division O received by seling goods to one of the other divisions within the company QUESTION 59 Last year. T-Bal Company spent $36.000 on employee training to improve customer service. The cost and time spent on traning is…

#76 Saved Garden Sales, Incorporated, sells garden supplies. Management is planning its cash needs for the second quarter. The company usually has to borrow money during this quarter to support peak sales of lawn care equipment, which occur during May. The following Information has been assembled to assist in preparing a cash budget for the quarter: a. Budgeted monthly absorption costing Income statements for April-July are: Sales Cost of goods sold Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses: Selling expense Administrative expense* Total selling and administrative expenses Net operating income *Includes $33,000 of depreciation each month. April May June July $730,000 511,000 219,000 $ 910,000 $ 610,000 $520,000 637,000 273,000 427,000 183,000 364,000 156,000 91,000 110,000 72,000 52,000 50,500 68,800 44,600 49,000 141,500 178,800 116,600 101,000 $ 77,500 $ 94,200 $ 66,400 $ 55,000 b. Sales are 20% for cash and 80% on account. c. Sales on account are collected over a three-month…

Problem 2 The manager of the Spartan Land Restaurant is developing the operating budget for next vear using the following financial information from the current year: Current Year's Next Year's Percentage Increase (Decrease) Next Year's Amount ($) Item Amount Food revenue 00$973,000 4% $112,500 2% Beverage revenue Food cost 000. 36% 1% Beverage cost Labor (including benefits) Other operating costs 23% d ate (1%) $298,000 (2%) 16% same Encar Fixed costs $70,000 same a. What is the current year's budgeted profit (loss)? b. Develop next year's budget: indicate the profit (loss).

TB Problem Qu. 9-401 (Algo) Cryan Jeep Tours operates jeep tours... Cryan Jeep Tours operates jeep tours in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. The company bases its budgets on two measures of activity (i.e., cost drivers), namely guests and jeeps. One vehicle used in one tour on one day counts as a jeep. Each jeep has one tour guide. The company uses the following data in its budgeting: Actual guests Actual jeeps Revenue Expenses: Revenue Tour guide wages. Vehicle expenses. Administrative expenses In May, the company budgeted for 497 guests and 202 jeeps. The company's income statement showing the actual results for the month appears below: Cryan Jeep Tours Income Statement For the Month Ended May 31 Tour guide wages Vehicle expenses Administrative expenses Total expense Net operating income Guests Jeeps Revenue Expenses: Fixed element per month $0 $0 Tour guide wages Vehicle expenses Administrative expenses Total expense Net operating income $ 5,600 $ 2,100 512 197 $ 87,854 Required:…

1. Identify the specific type of budget • Long-range Annual Achievement that would best address each of the following questions a full-service hotel manager would like to answer. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (h) (i) (j) Question How much will we spend for front desk agents next Tuesday night? What will be our labor costs in the third quarter of next year? What will be my rooms renovation costs in four years when all guest room furniture must be replaced? What is our best estimate of next year's rooms revenue? How much sales tax will we collect next week? What will be the amount of our guest room supplies purchases next year? How many guest rooms will we sell next year? How many guest rooms will we sell next week? What will be the cost of replacing the hotel's HVAC (heating/ventilation and air conditioning) system five years from now? What is our best estimate of next year's food and beverage revenue? Type of Budget

Ethics in ActionThe director of marketing for Starr Computer Co., Megan Hewitt, hadthe following discussion with the company controller. Cam Morley, onJuly 26 of the current year: Megan: Cam, it looks like I'm going to spend much less than indicated onmy July budget.Cam: I'm glad to hear it. Megan: Well. I'm not so sure it's good news. I'm concerned that thepresident will see that I'm under budget and reduce my budget in thefuture. The only reason I look good is because we delayed an advertising campaign. Once the campaign hits in September, I'm sure my actualexpenditures will go up. You see, we are also having our sales conventionin September. Having the advertising campaign and the convention atthe same time is going to kill my September numbers. Cam: I don't think that's anything to worry about. We all expect somevariation in actual spending month to month. What's really important isstaying within the budgeted targets for the year. Does that look as if it'sgoing to be a problem?…

Chapter 8: Applying Excel: Exercise (Part 2 of 2) Requirement 2: The company has just hired a new marketing manager who insists that unit sales can be dramatically increased by dropping the selling price from $8 to $7. The marketing manager would like to use the following projections in the budget: Data Budgeted unit sales. Selling price per unit 1 Chapter 8: Applying Excel 2 3 4 5 6 780 9 10 11 12 13 14 56789 15 16 17 18 19 Data Budgeted unit sales A 1 45,000 $7 Year 2 Quarter 2 3 70,000 105,000 Selling price per unit Accounts receivable, beginning balance • Sales collected in the quarter sales are made • Sales collected in the quarter after sales are made • Desired ending finished goods inventory is Finished goods inventory, beginning Raw materials required to produce one unit • Desired ending inventory of raw materials is Raw materials inventory, beginning Raw material costs Raw materials purchases are paid and Accounts payable for raw materials, beginning balance $ $ $ $ B 1 4…

QUESTION 22 Which of the following are reasons to generate a pro forma cash budget on a monthly basis? a. An income statement indicates a profit but the budget may indicate a loss. b. A business can monitor the actual cash on hand. c. Sales are recognized as income when the sale is made. d. All of the above.

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