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, 28,000 bags; quarter 2, 43,400 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 $1.50 per pound. 3.   Desired inventory levels:   Type of Inventory   January 1   April 1   July 1 Snare (bags)   8,400   12,500   18,400 Gumm (pounds)   9,500   10,300   13,400 Tarr (pounds)   14,500   20,100   25,100   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 $177,000 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 $300,000 in quarter 1 and $424,500 in quarter 2. (Note: Do not prepare the manufacturing overhead budget or the direct materials budget for Tarr.) Prepare the sales budget.

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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, 28,000 bags; quarter 2, 43,400 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 $1.50 per pound.

3.

 

Desired inventory levels:

 

Type of Inventory

 

January 1

 

April 1

 

July 1

Snare (bags)

 

8,400

 

12,500

 

18,400

Gumm (pounds)

 

9,500

 

10,300

 

13,400

Tarr (pounds)

 

14,500

 

20,100

 

25,100

 

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 $177,000 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 $300,000 in quarter 1 and $424,500 in quarter 2.

(Note: Do not prepare the manufacturing overhead budget or the direct materials budget for Tarr.)

Prepare the sales budget.

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