Question

Lahser Corp. produces component parts for durable medical equipment manufacturers. The controller is building a master budget for the first quarter of the upcoming calendar year. Selected information from the accounting records is presented next:

a. Accounts Receivable as of January 1 are $59,200. Selling price per unit is projected to remain stable at $11 per unit throughout the budget period. Sales for the first six months of the upcoming year are budgeted to be as follows:

January	$99,100
February	$110,500
March	$111,500
April	$107,500
May	$103,000
June	$121,400

b. Sales are 20% cash and 80% credit. All credit sales are collected in the month following the sale.

c. Lahser Corp. has a policy that states that each month’s ending inventory of finished goods should be 10% of the following month’s sales (in units).

d. Three pounds of direct material is needed per unit at $2.30 per pound. Ending inventory of direct materials should be 20% of next month’s production needs.

e. Monthly manufacturing overhead costs are $5,650 for factory rent, $2,900 for other fixed manufacturing costs, and $1.10 per unit produced for variable manufacturing overhead. All costs are paid in the month in which they are incurred.

4. What is the budgeted direct materials cost for the first quarter? (1 point)

Answer 1