Walser Inc. produces a product that passes through two processes. During February, equivalent units were calculated using the weighted average method:

The costs that Walser had to account for during the month of February were as follows:

1. Using the weighted average method, determine unit cost. If required, round your answer to the nearest cent and use rounded amount in subsequent requirements.

2. Under the weighted average method, what is the total cost of units transferred out? What is the cost assigned to units in ending inventory? If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar.

Cost of units transferred out

Cost of ending inventory

1. A company’s standard cost information for last year follows:

The company had the following actual results for the past year:

1. Direct Materials Price Variance

2. Direct Materials Quantity Variance: =

3. Total Direct Materials Spending Variance

4. Direct Labor Rate Variance

5. Direct Labor Efficiency Variance

6. Total Direct Labor Spending Variance

7. Variable Overhead Rate Variance

8. Variable Overhead Efficiency

1. Variable Overhead Spending Variance

The following cost data relate to the manufacturing activities of Chang Company during the just completed year: Manufacturing overhead costs incurred: Indirect materials $ 15,300 Indirect labor 133,000 Property taxes, factory 8,300 Utilities, factory 73,000 Depreciation, factory 152,100 Insurance, factory 10,300 Total actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred $ 392,000 Other costs incurred: Purchases of raw materials (both direct and indirect) $ 403,000 Direct labor cost $ 63,000 Inventories: Raw materials, beginning $ 20,300 Raw materials, ending $ 30,300 Work in process, beginning $ 40,300 Work in process, ending $ 70,300 The company uses a predetermined overhead rate of $20 per machine-hour to apply overhead cost to jobs. A total of 20,000 machine-hours were used during the year.

Required:

1. Compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead cost for the year. (If it is overapplied, enter the amount as a negative value using ())

2. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year.

Suppose the market price is $10 (this is also the firm's marginal cost), a firm's quantity sold is 11, and the average total cost for the firm at that price is $7. What is the firm's profit?

A firm is producing goods in a market where the market price is less than the​ firm's average total cost but greater than its average variable cost. At this point the firm​ should:

A.

shutdown production.

B.

increase price.

C.

continue to operate at a loss.

D.

decrease production.

A firm has two plants, which have Marginal Cost functions given by: MC(Q₁)=2Q₁ and MC(Q₂)=4Q₂. What is the overall Marginal Cost function? Q denotes the total output.

1. Michael's Mechanical sells 6,000 jettison machines annually. Each machine costs Michael's $2000 to purchase, inventory carrying costs are 30% of the purchase price, and the cost of placing an order with its supplier is $120. (a) What is the EOQ? (b) What is the total inventory cost at the EOQ?

The Gessing Tire Company manufactures racing tires for bicycles. Gessing sells tires for $85 each. Gessing is planning for the next year by developing a master budget by quarters. Gessing’s balance sheet for December 31, 2018, follows:

Gessing Tire Company| Balance sheet |December 31, 2018

Current Assets:

Cash                 $    52,000

Accounts Receivable         35,000

Raw Materials Inventory      1,900

Finished Goods Inventory     2,400

                         ________

Total Current Assets                 $    91,300

Property, Plant, and Equipment:

Equipment                    142,000

Less: Accumulated Depreciation   (50,000)   92,000

                           _________   ________

Total Assets                           $    183,300

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Liabilities

                   Current Liabilities:

                   Accounts Payable                   $10,000

                               Stockholder’s Equity

                 Common Stock, no par       $     110,000

                 Retained Earnings                  63,300

                                                _________

                 Total Stockholders’ Equity                   173,300

                                                          _______

                 Total Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity      $ 183,300

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Other data for Gessing Tire Company:

1. Budgeted sales are 1,000 tires for the first quarter and expected to increase by 100 tires per quarter. Cash sales are expected to be 20% of total sales, with the remaining 80% of sales on account.
2. Finished Goods Inventory on December 31, 2018 consists of 100 tires at $24 each.
3. Desired ending Finished Goods Inventory is 50% of the next quarter's sales; first quarter sales for 2020 are expected be 1,400 tires. FIFO inventory costing method is used.
4. Raw Materials Inventory on December 31, 2018, consists of 200 pounds of rubber compound used to manufacture the tires.
5. Direct materials requirements are 2 pounds of a rubber compound per tire. The cost of the compound is $9.50 per pound.
6. Desired ending Raw Materials Inventory is 10% of the next quarter's direct materials needed for production; desired ending inventory for December 31, 2019 is 200 pounds; indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes.
7. Each tire requires 0.60 hours of direct labor; direct labor costs average $16 per hour.
8. Variable manufacturing overhead is $2 per tire.
9. Fixed manufacturing overhead includes $3,500 per quarter in depreciation and $28,220 per quarter for other costs, such as utilities, insurance, and property taxes.
10. Fixed selling and administrative expenses include $8,000 per quarter for salaries; $5,700 per quarter for rent; $1,650 per quarter for insurance; and $1,000 per quarter for depreciation.
11. Variable selling and administrative expenses include supplies at 1% of sales
12. Capital expenditures include $35,000 for new manufacturing equipment, to be purchased and paid in the first quarter.
13. Cash receipts for sales on account are 80% in the quarter of sale and 20% in the quarter following the sale; December 31, 2018, Accounts receivable is received in the first quarter of 2019, uncollectible accounts are considered insignificant not considered for budgeting purposes.
14. Direct materials purchases are paid 80% in the quarter of the sale and 20% in the following quarter; December 31, 2018, Accounts payable is paid in the first quarter of 2019.
15. Direct labor, manufacturing overhead, and selling and administrative costs are paid in the quarter incurred.
16. Income tax expense is projected at $3,000 per quarter and is paid in the quarter incurred.
17. Gessing desires to maintain a minimum cash balance of $50,000 and borrows from the local bank as needed in increments of $1,000 at the beginning of the quarter ; principal repayments are made at the beginning of the quarter when excess funds are available and in increments of $1,000; interest is 6% per year and paid at the beginning of the quarter based on the amount outstanding from the previous quarter.

Read the requirments:

1. Prepare Gessing's operating budget and cash budget for 2019 by quarter. Required schedules and budgets include: sales​ budget, production​ budget, direct materials​ budget, direct labor​ budget, manufacturing overhead​ budget, cost of goods sold​ budget, selling and administrative expense​ budget, schedule of cash​ receipts, schedule of cash​ payments, and cash budget. Manufacturing overhead costs are allocated based on direct labor hours. Round all calculations to the nearest dollar.
2. Prepare Gessing's annual financial budget for 2019, including budgeted income statement and budgeted balance sheet.

Prepare sales budget:

Gessing Tire Company |Sales Budget |For the Year ended December 31, 2019

1^st Quarter|2nd quarter| 3^rd quarter|4th quarter|Total

Budgeted tires to be sold

Sales Price per unit    $   85        85        85       85       85

Total Sales          $

Prepare production budget:

                           Gessing Tire Company

                             Production budget

                     For the year ended in December 31, 2019

                       1^st quarter | 2^nd quarter | 3^rd quarter | 4^th quarter | Total

Budgeted tires to be sold

Plus: Desired tires in

Ending inventory

Total tired needed

Less: Tires in beginning inventory

Budgeted tires to be produced

Prepare the direct materials budget.

                          Gessing Tire Company

                           Direct materials budget

                      For the year ended December 31, 2019

                        1st quarter | 2^nd quarter | 3^rd quarter | 4^th quarter | total

Budgeted tires to be produced

Direct materials per tire

Direct materials needed for production

Plus: Desired direct materials in ending inventory

Total direct materials needed

Less: Direct materials in beginning inventory

Budgeted purchases of direct materials

Direct materials cost per pound

Budgeted cost of direct materials

Prepare direct labor budget.

                      Tire Company

                       Direct Labor Budget

                   For the year ended December 2019

                  1^st quarter | 2^nd quarter | 3^rd quarter | 4^th quarter | Total

Budgeted tires to be produced

Direct labor hours per unit

Direct labor hours needed

For production

Direct labor cost per hour

Budgeted tires to be produced

Direct labor hours per unit

Direct labor hours needed for production

Direct labor cost per hour

Budgeted direct labor cost

Prepare manufacturing overhead budget.

Review production budget you prepared above

Review direct labor budget you prepared above

                              Tire Company

                       Manufacturing Overhead Budget

                 For the year ended December 31, 2019

                          1^st quarter | 2^nd quarter | 3^rd quarter | 4^th quarter | total

Budgeted tires to be produced

OH cost per tire

Budgeted VOH

Budgeted FOH

Deprecation

Utilities, insurance, property taxes

Total budgeted FOH

Budgeted manufacturing overhead costs

Direct labor hours

Budgeted manufacturing overhead costs

predetermined overhead allocation rate

Before preparing the costs of goods sold budget, calculate the projected manufacturing cost per tire for 2019.

Direct materials cost per tire

Direct labor cost per tire

Manufacturing overhead cost per tire

Total projected manufacturing cost per tire for 2019

Now prepare the cost of goods sold budget.

               Cost of goods sold budget

For the year ended December 31, 2019

                  1^st quarter | 2^nd quarter | 3^rd quarter | 4^th quarter| total

Beginning inventory

Tires produced and sold in 2019

Total budgeted costs of goods sold

Prepare the selling and administrative expense budget.

                Selling and Administrative Expense Budget

For the year ended December 31, 2019

         1^st quarter | 2^nd quarter | 3^rd quarter | 4^th quarter | total

Salaries expense

Rent expense

Insurance expense

Depreciation expense

Supplies expense

Total budgeted selling and

Administrative expense     $

Match each term with the explanation.

Question 1 options: