Fit-For-Life Foods Inc., a manufacturer of breakfast cereals and snack bars, has experienced several years of steady growth in sales, profits and dividends while maintaining a relatively low level of debet. The boards of directors has adopted a long-run strategy to maximize the value of the shareholders investment. In order to achieve this goal, the board of directors established the following five-year financial objectives. Increase sales by 12 percent per year Increase income before taxes by percent per year Maintain long-term debt at maximum of 16 percent of assets. These financial objectives has been attained for the past three years. At the beginning of last year, the president of Fit-for-Life Foods, Andrea Donis, added a fouth financial objectives of maintaining cost of goods sold at a maximum of 70 percent of sales. This goal also was attained last year. The Company’s budgeting process is to directed toward attaining these goals for the forthcoming year, a difficult task with the economy in a prolonged recession. In addition, the increased emphasis on eating healthful foods has driven up the price of ingredients used by the company significantly faster than the expected rate of inflation. John Wislow, cost accountant at Fit-for-Life Foods, has responsibility for preparation on the profit plan for next year. Winslow assured Donis that he could overestimate the ending inventory and reclassify fruit and grain inspection costs as administrative rathet than production costs to attain the desired objective. The actual statements for 20x4 and the budgeted statements for 20x5 that Winslow prepared are as follows : Required : Describe the role of budgeting in a firm’s strategic planning. For each of the financial objectives established by the board of directors and the president of Fit-for-Life Foods Inc. Determine whether John Wislows’s budget attains these objectives. Support your conclusion in each case by presenting appropriate calculations, and use the following format for your answer. Objective                 Attained/Not Attained                           Calculations       3. Explain the adjustments comremplated by John Winslow are                          unethical, citing specific standard of ethical conduct for                                management accountants.

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Fit-For-Life Foods Inc., a manufacturer of breakfast cereals and snack bars, has experienced several years of steady growth in sales, profits and dividends while maintaining a relatively low level of debet. The boards of directors has adopted a long-run strategy to maximize the value of the shareholders investment. In order to achieve this goal, the board of directors established the following five-year financial objectives.

  • Increase sales by 12 percent per year
  • Increase income before taxes by percent per year
  • Maintain long-term debt at maximum of 16 percent of assets.

These financial objectives has been attained for the past three years. At the beginning of last year, the president of Fit-for-Life Foods, Andrea Donis, added a fouth financial objectives of maintaining cost of goods sold at a maximum of 70 percent of sales. This goal also was attained last year.

The Company’s budgeting process is to directed toward attaining these goals for the forthcoming year, a difficult task with the economy in a prolonged recession. In addition, the increased emphasis on eating healthful foods has driven up the price of ingredients used by the company significantly faster than the expected rate of inflation.

John Wislow, cost accountant at Fit-for-Life Foods, has responsibility for preparation on the profit plan for next year. Winslow assured Donis that he could overestimate the ending inventory and reclassify fruit and grain inspection costs as administrative rathet than production costs to attain the desired objective. The actual statements for 20x4 and the budgeted statements for 20x5 that Winslow prepared are as follows :

Required :

  1. Describe the role of budgeting in a firm’s strategic planning.
  2. For each of the financial objectives established by the board of directors and the president of Fit-for-Life Foods Inc. Determine whether John Wislows’s budget attains these objectives. Support your conclusion in each case by presenting appropriate calculations, and use the following format for your answer.

Objective                 Attained/Not Attained                           Calculations

      3. Explain the adjustments comremplated by John Winslow are                          unethical, citing specific standard of ethical conduct for                                management accountants.

FIT-FOR-LIFE FOODS INC
INCOME STATEMENT
20x4
20x5
Actual
Budgeted
$1,700,000
"$1,895,500
Sales.
Less; Variable costs:
Cost of goods sold.
Selling and administrative.
Contribution magin..
1,020,000
180,000
5 500,000
1,149,450
175,000
's 571,050
Less: Fixedcosts:
Production.
170,000
120,000
5 210,000
189,550
140,000
$ 241,500
Selling and administrative.
Income before taxes..
FIT-FOR-LIFE FOODS INC
BALANCED SHEET
20x4
20x5
Actual
Budgeted
Assets;
's 20,000
's 34,000
Cash...
Accounts receivable.
120,000
136,000
Inventory..
600,000
730,000
Plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation).
3,260,000
3,200,000
"54,000,000
$4, 100,000
Total...
Liabilities:
Accounts pay able.
's 220,000
*s 244,000
long-term debt...
640,000
616,000
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock.
800,000
800,000
Retained earnings.
2,340,000
2,440,000
Total.
$4,000,000
"$4,100,000
The company paid dividends of $55,440 in 20x4, and the expected tax rate for 20x5is 34 percent.
Transcribed Image Text:FIT-FOR-LIFE FOODS INC INCOME STATEMENT 20x4 20x5 Actual Budgeted $1,700,000 "$1,895,500 Sales. Less; Variable costs: Cost of goods sold. Selling and administrative. Contribution magin.. 1,020,000 180,000 5 500,000 1,149,450 175,000 's 571,050 Less: Fixedcosts: Production. 170,000 120,000 5 210,000 189,550 140,000 $ 241,500 Selling and administrative. Income before taxes.. FIT-FOR-LIFE FOODS INC BALANCED SHEET 20x4 20x5 Actual Budgeted Assets; 's 20,000 's 34,000 Cash... Accounts receivable. 120,000 136,000 Inventory.. 600,000 730,000 Plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation). 3,260,000 3,200,000 "54,000,000 $4, 100,000 Total... Liabilities: Accounts pay able. 's 220,000 *s 244,000 long-term debt... 640,000 616,000 Stockholders' equity: Common stock. 800,000 800,000 Retained earnings. 2,340,000 2,440,000 Total. $4,000,000 "$4,100,000 The company paid dividends of $55,440 in 20x4, and the expected tax rate for 20x5is 34 percent.
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