FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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Prepare Bates & Hill's direct materials purchases budget for the first quarter. (Enter price per pound to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75.)

 

 

 

Marcy Jones, Bates & Hill Fabricators' purchasing manager, has just received the company's production budget for the first quarter.

   
January
 
February
 
March
 
Quarter
 
Budgeted unit sales
  25,000   28,000   32,000   85,000  
+ Budgeted ending inventory
  5,600
 
6,400
 
6,800
 
6,800  
Total units required
  30,600   34,400   38,800   91,800  
- Beginning inventory
  3,200   5,600   6,400   3,200  
Budgeted production
  27,400
 
28,800
 
32,400
 
88,600  


Budgeted sales for April is 34,000 units and for May is 26,000 units.

Each brick requires 6 pounds of clay, and Marcy expects to pay $1.50 per pound of clay in the coming year. Company policy requires an ending direct materials inventory each month that will meet 10% of the following month's production needs. Company policy requires an ending finished goods inventory each month that will meet 20% of the following month’s sales volume. Marcy expects to have 15,000 pounds of clay at a cost of $22,500 in inventory at the beginning of the year.

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