Apex Company manufactures and sells executive writing desks. The following information gathered by the companys...
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Apex Company manufactures and sells executive writing desks. The following information gathered by the companys accountant is for the 2017 budget:
The company expects to sell 1,000 executive writing desks during 2017 at an estimated price of $450 per desk.
Materials and labor per desk:
Direct materials (wood) 5 board feet (b.f) per desk
Direct manufacturing labor 6 hours per desk
Costs: 2016 Unit price 2017 Unit Price
Wood $28 per b.f. $30.00 per b.f.
Direct manufacturing labor $24.00 per hour $25.00 per hour
Beginning Ending
Inventory Inventory
Inventories: 1/1/2017 12/31/2017
Finished goods (executive writing desks) 100 units 200 units
Direct materials (wood) 2,000 b.f. 1,500 b.f.
Other costs:
Budgeted variable manufacturing overhead:
Indirect manufacturing labor $28,000
Indirect materials 13,200
Utilities 5,000
Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead:
Depreciation factory equipment 5,060
Factory rent 12,000
Factory managers salary 30,000
Factory security 13,000
Apex uses direct manufacturing labor-hours as the cost allocation base (denominator level) to allocate variable and fixed manufacturing costs to production.
Budgeted variable marketing expense is 30 sales visits at $250 per visit.
Budgeted fixed non-manufacturing costs are:
Selling expense, $17,000
Administrative expense, 13,000
The company plans to declare a common stock cash dividend of $5,000 in December 2017.
The inventoriable unit cost for ending finished goods inventory on December 31, 2016, is $375. The company uses FIFO inventory method for both direct materials and finished goods.
Budgeted balances at December 31, 2017, in the selected accounts are: