Prepare the direct-labor budget (in dollars) for 20x0.
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Prepare the direct-labor budget (in dollars) for 20x0.

Transcribed Image Text:Finished-goods inventories (in units):
Expected January 1, Desired December 31,
20x0
20x0
23,000
9,500
Product
Light coil
Heavy coil
Production overhead:
Overhead Cost Item
Purchasing and material handling
Depreciation, utilities, and inspection
Shipping
General production overhead
28,000
10,500
Activity-Based Budget Rate
$ 0.80
$ 7.00
$ 2.00
$ 5.00
per pound of sheet metal and copper
wire purchased
per coil produced (either type)
per coil shipped (either type)
per direct-labor hour

Transcribed Image Text:Vista Electronics, Incorporated, manufactures two different types of coils used in electric motors. In the fall of the current
year, Erica Becker, the controller, compiled the following data.
• Sales forecast for 20x0 (all units to be shipped in 20x0):
Units
58,000
38,000
●
●
Product
Light coil
Heavy coil
Raw-material prices and inventory levels:
Expected Inventories,
January 1, 20x0
36,000 Pound
33,000 Pound
5,800 units
Ra Material
Sheet metal
Copper wire
Platform
Use of raw material:
Price
Product
Light coil
Heavy coil
Finished-goods
Product
Light coil
Heavy coil
$ 280
380
Raw Material
Sheet metal
Copper wire
Platform
Direct-labor requirements and rates:
Amount Used per Unit
Light Coil
4 Pound
2 Pound
Hours per Unit
3
5
inventories (in units):
Desired Inventories,
December 31, 20x0
40,000 Pound
36,000 Pound
6,800 units
20x0
23,000
9,500
Heavy Coil
5 Pound
3 Pound
2 unit
Rate per Hour
$ 15
20
Expected January 1, Desired December 31,
20x0
28,000
10,500
Anticipated
Purchase Price
$15
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