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CHAPTER 6
MASTER BUDGET AND RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING
The Short-Answer Questions, Exercises, and Problems marked with can be found on MyLab:
Accounting. Students can practise them as often as they want, and most feature step-by-step guided
instructions to help find the right answer. Items marked with have Excel templates available on
MyLab for students to use.
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS
6-1 The budgeting cycle includes the following elements:
a. Planning the performance of the organization as a whole and of its subunits. The entire
management team agrees as to what is expected.
b. Providing a frame of reference, a set of specific expectations against which the actual results
can be compared.
c. Investigating variations from the plans. If necessary, corrective action follows investigation.
d. Planning again, considering feedback and changed conditions.
6-2 A master budget is a single comprehensive document that combines information from
many individual budgeted statements. The term “master” refers to its being a comprehensive
organization-wide set of budgets that coordinates all financial projections for a set period of time.
6-3 Plans can and sometimes should be changed if the feedback indicates an assumption
used in the budget was wrong. If the feedback indicates the plan was reasonable, then it is
necessary to understand the issues preventing the achievement of the planned results and
implement an appropriate remedy.
6-4 Strategy, plans, and budgets are interrelated and affect one another. Strategy is a broad
term that usually means selection of overall objectives. Strategic analysis underlies both long-run
and short-run planning. In turn, these plans lead to the formulation of budgets. Budgets provide
feedback to managers about the likely effects of their strategic plans. Managers use this feedback
to revise their strategic plans.
6-5 Yes, budgeted performance is better than past performance for judging managers.
Why? Mainly because inefficiencies included in past results can be detected and eliminated in
budgeting. Also, new opportunities in the future, which did not exist in the past, may otherwise be
ignored if past performance is used.
6-6 A company that shares its own internal budget information with other companies can
gain multiple benefits. One benefit is better coordination with suppliers, which can reduce the
likelihood of supply shortages. Better coordination with customers can result in increased sales as
demand by customers is less likely to exceed supply. Better coordination across the whole supply
chain can also help a company reduce inventories and thus reduce the costs of holding inventories.
Suppliers and customers become “partners in profit.” Here satisfied customers sell the final product
to new customers.
6-7 A rolling budget is a budget or plan that is always available for a specified future
period by adding a month, quarter, or year in the future as the month, quarter, or year just ended is
dropped. For example, a 12-month rolling budget for the March 2018 to February 2019 period
becomes a 12-month rolling budget for the April 2018 to March 2019 period the next month, and
so on.
6-9 The revenue budget is typically the cornerstone for budgeting because production (and
hence costs) and inventory levels generally depend on the forecasted level of demand and revenue.
6-11 Padding is when budget figures are either inflated (in the case of expenses) or deflated
(in the case of revenues) in order to make it easier to achieve them during the actual operations of
the firm. This makes it easier for managers to meet their budget targets and earn performance
bonuses. Senior managers should look at outside (external) data to see if the internal budgets are
reasonable. Senior managers should also be familiar with the operations of the firms—this will
make it easier for them to spot unreasonable budget estimates.
6-12 Non-output-based cost drivers can be incorporated into budgeting by the use of
activity-based budgeting (ABB). ABB focuses on the budgeted cost of activities necessary to
produce and sell products and services. Non-output-based cost drivers, such as the number of part
numbers, number of batches, and number of new products, can be used with ABB.
6-13 The choice of a responsibility centre type guides the variables to be included in the
budgeting exercise. For example, if a revenue centre is chosen, the focus will be on variables that
assist in forecasting revenue. Factors related to, say, costs of the investment base will be
considered only if they assist in forecasting revenue.
EXERCISES
6-15 (10 min.) Terminology.
A cash cycle, also known as an operating cycle, is the movement of cash arising from business
functions to inventories, to receivables, and back to cash when outputs are sold. It is a self-
liquidating cycle where all costs of a corporation are recovered when output is sold. Budgetary
slack is the practice of underestimating revenue and overestimating costs to make budget
constraints less challenging. Once the corporate budget is produced, all managers make a
commitment to reach budget targets. They are responsible for controllable cost that must be at or
below the budget constraint during each reporting time period. Some companies produce a rolling
budget that adds a reporting time period as one is completed. An investment budget affects the flow
in and out of cash either to make the investment or to pay to finance it.
6-17 (30 min.) Budgeting: direct material usage, manufacturing cost, and gross
margin.
1.
Direct Material Usage Budget in Quantity and Dollars
Material
Wool Dye Total
Physical Units Budget
Direct materials required for
Blue Rugs (100,000 rugs × 30 skeins and 0.5 L.) 3,000,0000 skeins 50,000 L.
Cost Budget
Available from beginning direct materials inventory
(under a FIFO cost-flow assumption)
Wool: 349,000 skeins $ 715,450
Dye: 5,000 litres $ 24,850
To be purchased this period
Wool: (3,000,000 - 349,000) skeins × $2 per skein 5,302,000
Dye: (50,000 – 5,000) L. × $5 per L. _________ 225,000
Direct materials to be used this period: (a) + (b) $6,017,450 $ 249,850 $6,267,300
2.
Weaving budgeted = $18,852,000
= $3.3664 per DMLH
overhead rate 5,600,000 DMLH
4. Revenue budget
Selling
Units Price Total Revenue
Blue Rugs 100,000 $2,000 $200,000,000
Blue Rugs 95,000 $2,000 $190,000,000
6.
100,000 rugs sold 95,000 rugs sold
Revenue $200,000,000 $190,000,000
Less: Cost of goods sold 121,928,300 115,832,750
Gross margin $ 78,071,700 $ 74,167,250
2.
2018 Planned 2019 Expected 2019 Expected 2019
McGrath & Sons Volume Selling Prices Change in Volume Volume
Radon Tests 11,000 $250 +10% 12,100
Lead Tests 15,200 $190 -5% 14,440
Expected revenue at the new 2019 prices are greater than the expected 2018 revenue of
$5,623,500 if the prices are unchanged. So, if the goal is to maximize sales revenue and if
Jim McGrath’s forecasts are reliable, the company should lower its price for a lead test in
2019.
Direct Materials
(in litres)
Direct materials needed for production (54,350 3) 163,050
Add target ending direct materials inventory 110,000
Total requirements 273,050
Deduct beginning direct materials inventory 117,350
Direct materials to be purchased 155,700
6-23 (30 min.) Budgeting; direct material usage, manufacturing cost, and gross
margin.
1.
Direct Material Usage Budget in Quantity and Dollars
Material
Wool Dye Total
Physical Units Budget
Direct materials required for
Blue Rugs (200,000 rugs × 36 skeins and 0.8 gal.) 7,200,000 skeins 160,000 gal.
Cost Budget
Available from beginning direct materials inventory:
(a)
Wool: 458,000 skeins $ 961,800
Dye: 4,000 gallons $ 23,680
To be purchased this period: (b)
Wool: (7,200,000 – 458,000) skeins × $2 per skein 13,484,000
Dye: (160,000 – 4,000) gal. × $6 per gal. 936,000
Direct materials to be used this period: (a) + (b) $14,445,800 $ 959,680 $15,405,480
3.
Budgeted Unit Cost of Blue Rug
Input per
Cost per Unit of
Unit of Input Output Total
Wool $ 2 36 skeins $ 72.00
Dye 6 0.8 gal. 4.80
Direct manufacturing labour 13 62 hrs. 806.00
Dyeing overhead 12 7.21 mach-hrs. 86.40
Weaving overhead 2.55 62 DMLH 158.10
Total $1,127.30
1
0.2 machine hour per skein 36 skeins per rug = 7.2 machine-hrs. per rug.
4.
Revenue Budget
Selling
Units Price Total Revenues
Blue Rugs 200,000 $2,000 $400,000,000
Blue Rugs 185,000 $2,000 $370,000,000
5a.
Sales = 200,000 rugs
Cost of Goods Sold Budget
5b.
Sales = 185,000 rugs
Production = 200,000 rugs
Cost of Goods Sold Budget
Some students assume that Xander will produce only 185,000 rugs to match 185,000 rugs that ar
expected to be sold and carry no finished good inventory of the rugs. In this case the Cost of
goods sold budget will be as follows. The Cost of Goods Sold budget is higher because the fixed
overhead costs in the dyeing and weaving cost pools do not get “inventoried” in the closing
inventory of rugs but are instead expensed in the current period.
6.
185,000 rugs sold 185,000 rugs sold
200,000 rugs sold 200,000 rugs produced 185,000 rugs produced
Revenue $400,000,000 $370,000,000 $370,000,000
Less: Cost of goods sold 225,505,480 208,595,980 209,417,980
Gross margin $174,494,520 $161,404,020 $160,582,020
7. If sales drop to 185,000 blue rugs, Xander should look to reduce fixed costs and produce
less to reduce variable costs and inventory costs.
8. Top management can look for ways to increase (stretch) sales and improve quality,
efficiency, and input prices to reduce costs in each cost category such as direct materials, direct
manufacturing labour, and overhead costs. Top management can also use the budget to
coordinate and communicate across different parts of the organization, create a framework for
judging performance and facilitating learning, and motivate managers and employees to achieve
“stretch” targets of higher revenues and lower costs.
Note the relatively small inventory of wheels. In Japan, suppliers tend to be located very
close to the major manufacturer. Inventories are controlled by just-in-time (JIT) and similar
systems. Indeed, some direct materials inventories are almost nonexistent.
6-25 (15-25 min.) Budgets for production and direct manufacturing labour.
All Frame Company
Budget for Production and Direct Manufacturing Labour
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2019
January February March Quarter
Budgeted sales (units) 10,000 12,000 8,000 30,000
Add target ending finished goods inventory* (units) 16,000 12,500 13,500 13,500
Total requirements (units) 26,000 24,500 21,500 43,500
Deduct beginning finished goods inventory (units) 16,000 16,000 12,500 16,000
Units to be produced 10,000 8,500 9,000 27,500
Direct manufacturing labour-hours (DMLH) per unit 2.0 2.0 1.5
Total hours of direct manufacturing labour time needed 20,000 17,000 13,500 50,500
Direct manufacturing labour costs:
Wages ($10.00 per DMLH) $200,000 $170,000 $135,000 $505,000
Pension contributions ($0.50 per DMLH) 10,000 8,500 6,750 25,250
Workers’ compensation insurance ($0.15 per DMLH) 3,000 2,550 2,025 7,575
Employee medical insurance ($0.40 per DMLH) 8,000 6,800 5,400 20,200
Employment insurance (employer’s share)
($10.00 0.075 = $0.75 per DMLH) 15,000 12,750 10,125 37,875
Total direct manufacturing labour costs $236,000 $200,600 $159,300 $595,900
*100% of the first following month’s sales plus 50% of the second following month’s sales.
Note that the employee employment insurance levy of 7.5% is irrelevant. Such taxes are withheld from employees’ wages and paid to the
government by the employer on behalf of the employees; therefore, the employee 7.5% amounts are not additional costs to the employer.
2. a. The projected number of the MZB-33 computer hardware units that TabComp Inc.
will order on January 25, 2019, is calculated as follows.
MZB-33
Units
March sales 110
Plus: Ending inventorya 27
Total needed 137
Less: Beginning inventoryb 33
Projected purchases in units 104
a
0.30 90 unit sales in April
b
0.30 110 unit sales in March
b.
Selling price = $2,025,000 675 units, or for March, $330,000 110 units
= $3,000 per unit
Purchase price per unit, 70% $3,000 $ 2,100
Projected unit purchases × 104
Total MZB-33 purchases, $1,800 104 $218,400
3. Monthly cash budgets are prepared by companies such as TabComp Inc. in order to plan
for their cash needs. This means identifying when both excess cash and cash shortages may
occur. A company needs to know when cash shortages will occur so that prior
arrangements can be made with lending institutions in order to have cash available for
borrowing when the company needs it. At the same time, a company should be aware of
when there will be excess cash available for investment or for repaying loans.
1.
Cost Soft Fresh Packaged
Activity Hierarchy Drinks Produce Food Total
Ordering
$90 14; 24; 14 Batch-level $1,260 $ 2,160 $1,260 $ 4,680
Delivery
$82 12; 62; 19 Batch-level 984 5,084 1,558 7,626
Shelf-stocking
$21 16; 172; 94 Output-unit-level 336 3,612 1,974 5,922
Customer support
$0.18 4,600; 34,200; 10,750 Output-unit-level 828 6,156 1,935 8,919
2. Refer to the last row of the table in requirement 1. Fresh produce, which probably
represents the smallest portion of COGS, is the product category that consumes the
largest share (63%) of the indirect resources. Fresh produce demands the highest level of
ordering, delivery, shelf-stocking, and customer support resources of all three product
categories—it has to be ordered, delivered, and stocked in small, perishable batches, and
supermarket customers often ask for a lot of guidance on fresh produce items.
3. An ABB approach recognizes how different products require different mixes of support
activities. The relative percentage of how each product area uses the cost driver at each
activity area is:
By recognizing these differences, YM managers are better able to budget for different
unit sales levels and different mixes of individual product-line items sold. Using a single
cost driver (such as COGS) assumes homogeneity in the use of indirect costs (support
activities) across product lines which does not occur at YM. Other benefits cited by
managers include: (1) better identification of resource needs, (2) clearer linking of costs
with staff responsibilities, and (3) identification of budgetary slack.
The March 2019 rates can be used to compute the total budgeted cost for each activity
area in March 2019:
Shelf- Customer
Ordering Delivery Stocking Support
Exercise 6-27 $4,680 $7,626 $5,922 $8,919
Exercise 6-28 (Kaizen) 4,661 7,596 5,899 8,869
The kaizen budget number will show unfavourable variances for managers whose
activities do not meet the required monthly cost reductions. This likely will put more
pressure on managers to creatively seek out cost reductions by working “smarter” within
YM or by having “better” interactions with suppliers or customers.
One limitation of kaizen budgeting, as illustrated in this question, is that it
assumes small incremental improvements each month. It is possible that some cost
improvements arise from large discontinuous changes in operating processes, supplier
networks, or customer interactions. Companies need to highlight the importance of
seeking these large discontinuous improvements as well as the small incremental
improvements.
PROBLEMS
This is a routine budgeting problem. The key to its solution is to compute the correct quantities of
finished goods and direct materials. Use the following general formula:
1. Fraser Corporation
Revenue Budget
For 2019
2. Fraser Corporation
Production Budget (in units)
For 2019
Widget Thingamajig
Budgeted sales in units 60,000 40,000
Add target finished goods inventories,
December 31, 2019 27,000 11,000
Total requirements 87,000 51,000
Deduct finished goods inventories,
January 1, 2019 22,000 10,000
Units to be produced 65,000 41,000
3. Fraser Corporation
Direct Materials Purchases Budget (in quantities) for 2019
Direct Materials
A B C
Direct materials to be used in production
• Widget (budgeted production of 65,000
units times 4 kg of A, 2 kg of B) 260,000 130,000 —
• Thingamajig (budgeted production of 41,000
units times 5 kg of A, 3 kg of B, 1 unit of C) 205,000 123,000 41,000
Total 465,000 253,000 41,000
Add target ending inventories, December 31, 2019 36,000 32,000 7,000
Total requirements in quantities 501,000 285,000 48,000
Deduct beginning inventories, January 1, 2019 32,000 29,000 6,000
Direct materials to be purchased (quantities) 469,000 256,000 42,000
4. Fraser Corporation
Direct Materials Purchases Budget (in dollars) for 2019
Budgeted Expected
Purchases Purchase
(Quantities) Price per Unit Total
Direct material A 469,000 $14 $6,566,000
Direct material B 256,000 7 1,792,000
Direct material C 42,000 5 210,000
Budgeted purchases $8,568,000
5. Fraser Corporation
Direct Manufacturing Labour Budget for 2019
Direct
Budgeted Manufacturing Rate
Production Labour-Hours Total per
(Units) per Unit Hours Hour Total
Widget 65,000 2 130,000 $15 $1,950,000
Thingamajig 41,000 3 123,000 19 2,337,000
Total $4,287,000
6. Fraser Corporation
Budgeted Finished Goods Inventory
At December 31, 2019
Widget:
Direct materials costs:
A, 4 kilograms at $14 $56
B, 2 kilograms at $7 14 $70
Direct manufacturing labour costs, 2 hours at $15 30
Manufacturing overhead costs at $24 per direct
manufacturing labour-hour (2 hours) 48
Budgeted manufacturing costs per unit $148
Easecom Company
Budgeted Operating Income Statement for 2019
(in thousands)
Revenue
Equipment ($6,000 × 1.06 × 1.15) $7,314
Maintenance contracts ($1,800 × 1.06) 1,908
Total revenue $9,222
Cost of goods sold ($4,600 × 1.03 × 1.06) 5,022
Gross margin 4,200
Operating costs:
Marketing costs ($600 + $250) 850
Distribution costs ($150 × 1.06) 159
Customer maintenance costs ($1,000 + $130) 1,130
Administrative costs 900
Total operating costs 3,039
Operating income $ 1,161
Rams blankets:
4. Budgeted input per f.g. unit – 6 – 1
5. Budgeted production – 205 – 205
6. Budgeted usage (4 × 5) – 1,230 – 205
7. Total direct materials
usage (3 + 6) 750 1,230 150 205
Total manuf. overhead cost per hour = $42,250 ÷ 1,625 = $26 per direct manufacturing
labour-hour
Fixed manuf. overhead cost per hour = $ 14,625 ÷ 1,625 = $9 per direct manufacturing
labour-hour
2. Areas where continuous improvement might be incorporated into the budgeting process:
(a) Direct materials. Either an improvement in usage or price could be budgeted. For
example, the budgeted usage amounts for the fabric could be related to the maximum
improvement (current usage – minimum possible usage) of yards of fabric for either
blanket. It may also be feasible to decrease the price paid, particularly with quantity
discounts on things like the logo patches.
(b) Direct manufacturing labour. The budgeted usage of 4 hours/5 hours could be
continuously revised on a monthly basis. Similarly, the manufacturing labour cost per
hour of $28 could be continuously revised down. The former appears more feasible
than the latter.
(c) Variable manufacturing overhead. By budgeting more efficient use of the allocation
base, a signal is given for continuous improvement. A second approach is to budget
continuous improvement in the budgeted variable overhead cost per unit of the
allocation base.
(d) Fixed manufacturing overhead. The approach here is to budget for reductions in the
year-to-year amounts of fixed overhead. If these costs are appropriately classified as
fixed, then they are more difficult to adjust down on a monthly basis.
This is a routine budgeting problem. The key to its solution is to compute the correct quantities
of finished goods and direct materials. Use the following general formula:
1. Chen Corporation
Revenues Budget for 2017
2. The CEO would want to probe if the revenue budget is sufficiently stretched. Is the
revenue growing faster than the market? Should the company increase marketing and advertising
spending to grow sales? Would increasing the sales force or giving salespersons stronger
incentives result in higher sales?
3. Chen Corporation
Production Budget (in units) for 2017
Thingone Thingtwo
Budgeted sales in units 69,000 44,000
Add target finished goods inventories,
December 31, 2017 29,000 8,000
Total requirements 98,000 52,000
Deduct finished goods inventories,
January 1, 2017 24,000 7,000
Units to be produced 74,000 45,000
4. Chen Corporation
Direct Materials Purchases Budget (in quantities) for 2017
Direct Materials
A B C
Direct materials to be used in production
• Thingone (budgeted production of 74,000
units times 6 lbs. of A, 4 lbs. of B) 444,000 296,000 --
• Thingtwo (budgeted production of 45,000
units times 7 lbs. of A, 5 lbs. of B, 3 lb. of C) 315,000 225,000 135,000
Total 759,000 521,000 135,000
Add target ending inventories, December 31, 2017 38,000 34,000 12,000
Total requirements in units 797,000 555,000 147,000
Deduct beginning inventories, January 1, 2017 36,000 31,000 9,000
Direct materials to be purchased (units) 761,000 524,000 138,000
5. Chen Corporation
Direct Materials Purchases Budget (in dollars) for 2017
Budgeted Expected
Purchases Purchase
(Units) Price per unit Total
Direct material A 761,000 $13 $ 9,893,000
Direct material B 524,000 8 4,192,000
Direct material C 138,000 7 966,000
Budgeted purchases $15,051,000
6. Chen Corporation
Direct Manufacturing Labour Budget (in dollars) for 2017
Direct
Budgeted Manufacturing Rate
Production Labour-Hours Total per
(Units) per Unit Hours Hour Total
Thingone 74,000 4 296,000 $13 $3,848,000
Thingtwo 45,000 5 225,000 18 4,050,000
Total $7,898,000
7. Chen Corporation
Budgeted Finished Goods Inventory
at December 31, 2017
Thingone:
Direct materials costs:
A, 6 pounds × $13 $78
B, 4 pounds × $8 32 $110
Direct manufacturing labour costs,
4 hours × $13 52
Manufacturing overhead costs at $24 per direct
manufacturing labour-hour (4 hours × $24) 96
Budgeted manufacturing costs per unit $258
Finished goods inventory of Thingone
$258 × 29,000 units $ 7,482,000
Thingtwo:
Direct materials costs:
A, 7 pounds × $13 $91
B, 5 pounds × $8 40
C, 3 each × $7 21 $152
Direct manufacturing labour costs,
5 hours × $18 90
Manufacturing overhead costs at $24 per direct
manufacturing labour-hour (5 hours × $24) 120
Budgeted manufacturing costs per unit $362
Finished goods inventory of Thingtwo
$362 × 8,000 units 2,896,000
Budgeted finished goods inventory, December 31, 2017 $10,378,000
8. The CEO would want to ask the production manager why the target ending inventories
have increased. Could production be more closely tailored to demand? Could the efficiency and
productivity of direct materials and direct manufacturing labour be increased? Could direct
materials inventory be reduced?
9. Preparing a budget helps Chen Corporation manage costs based on revenues and
production needs, look for opportunities to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, particularly in
areas where costs are high, coordinate and communicate across different parts of the
organization, create a framework for judging performance and facilitating learning, and motivate
managers and employees to achieve “stretch” targets of higher revenues and lower costs.
$172,000
6. Budgeted manufacturing overhead rate: = $13.23 per hour
13,000
$172,000
7. Budgeted manufacturing overhead cost per output unit: = $66 per output unit
2,600
(rounded)
8. Schedule 6A: Computation of Unit Costs of Manufacturing Finished Goods in January 2018
Cost per
Unit of
Inputa Inputsb Total
Direct materials
Wood $34.00 9.00 $306.00
Fiberglass 9.00 10.00 90.00
Direct manufacturing labour 29.00 5.00 145.00
Total manufacturing overhead 66.00
$607.00
a
Cost is per board foot, yard, or per hour
b
Inputs is the amount of each input per board
Cost per
Units Unit Total
Direct materials
Wood 1,540 $ 34.00 $ 52,360
Fiberglass 2,040 9.00 18,360
Finished goods
Snowboards 200 607.00 121,400
Total Ending Inventory $192,120
12. The CEO would want to probe if the revenue budget is sufficiently stretched. Is the
revenue growing faster than the market? Should the company increase marketing and advertising
spending to grow sales? Would increasing the sales force or giving salespersons stronger
incentives result in higher sales?
The CEO would want to ask the production manager if production could be more closely
tailored to demand? Could the efficiency and productivity of direct materials and direct
manufacturing labour be increased? Could direct materials inventory be reduced?
The CEO should set stretch targets that are challenging but achievable because creating
some performance anxiety motivates employees to exert extra effort and attain better
performance. A major rationale for stretch targets is the psychological motivation that comes
from loss aversion—people feel the pain of loss more than the joy of success. Setting challenging
targets motivates employees to reach these targets because failing to achieve a target is seen as
failing. At no point should the pressure for performance push employees to engage in illegal or
unethical practices. So, while setting stretch targets, the CEO must place great emphasis on
adhering to codes of conduct and following appropriate norms and values. The CEO should also
not set targets that are very difficult or impossible to achieve. Such targets demotivate employees
because they give up on trying to achieve them.
13. Preparing a budget helps Skulas manage costs based on revenues and production needs,
look for opportunities to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, particularly in areas where costs are
high, coordinate and communicate across different parts of the organization, create a framework
for judging performance and facilitating learning, and motivate management and employees to
achieve “stretch” targets of higher revenues and lower costs.
Deduct disbursements:
Material purchases $ 920,800
Direct manufacturing labour 377,000
Variable manufacturing overhead 91,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead 17,000
Variable marketing costs 9,500
Fixed nonmanufacturing costs 25,000
Cash dividends 160,000
Total disbursements 1,600,300
Ending cash balance $ 267,700
2. Yes. Skulas has a budgeted cash balance of $267,700 on January 31, 2018, after paying the
dividend of $160,000 at the end of January.
3. Skulas’ managers prepare a cash budget in addition to the operating income budget to plan
cash flows to ensure that the company has adequate cash to pay vendors, meet payroll, and pay
operating expenses as these payments come due. Skulas could be very profitable on an accrual
accounting basis, but the pattern of cash receipts from revenues might be delayed and result in
insufficient cash being available to make scheduled payments for its expenses. Skulas’ managers
may then need to initiate a plan to borrow money to finance any shortfall. Building a profitable
operating plan does not guarantee that adequate cash will be available, so Skulas’ managers need
to prepare a cash budget in addition to an operating income budget.
2.
Production Budget
For the Month of April
Product
Cat-allac Dog-eriffic
Budgeted unit sales 500 300
Add target ending finished goods inventory 35 15
Total required units 535 315
Deduct beginning finished goods inventory 15 30
Units of finished goods to be produced 520 285
3a.
Cost Budget
Available from beginning direct materials inventory
(under a FIFO cost-flow assumption)
Plastic: 250 kg × $3.80/kg $ 950
Metal: 60 kg × $3/kg $ 180
To be purchased this period
Plastic: (3,790 – 250) kg $4/kg 14,160
Metal: (545 – 60) kg $3/kg __ ____ 1,455
Direct materials to be used this period $15,110 $ 1,635 $16,745
3b.
Direct Material Purchases Budget
For the Month of April
Material
Plastic Metal Total
Physical Units Budget
To be used in production (requirement 3) 3,790 kg 545 kg
Add target ending inventory 380 kg 55 kg
Total requirements 4,170 kg 600 kg
Deduct beginning inventory 250 kg 60 kg
Purchases to be made 3,920 kg 540 kg
Cost Budget
Plastic: 3,920 kg $4 $15,680
Metal: 540 kg $3 ______ $ 1,620
Purchases $15,680 $ 1,620 $ 17,300
4.
Direct Manufacturing Labour Costs Budget
For the Month of April
Output Units
Produced DMLH Total Hourly Wage
(requirement 2) per Unit Hours Rate Total
Cat-allac 520 3 1,560 $10 $15,600
Dog-errific 285 5 1,425 10 14,250
Total $29,850
Budgeted machine setup costs = $100 per setup hour 72.25 hours
= $7,225
Processing Overhead
Budgeted machine-hours (MH)
= (10 MH per unit × 520 units) + (18 MH per unit × 285 units)
= 5,200 MH + 5,130 MH = 10,330 MH
Budgeted processing costs
= $5 per MH × 10,330 MH
= $51,650
Inspection Overhead
Budgeted inspection hours
= (0.5 26 batches) + (0.6 19 batches)
= 13 + 11.4 = 24.4 inspection hrs.
Budgeted inspection costs
= $16 per inspection hr. 24.4 inspection hours
= $390.40
Manufacturing Overhead Budget
For the Month of April
Machine setup costs $ 7,225
Processing costs 51,650
Inspection costs 390
Total costs $59,265
6.
Unit Costs of Ending Finished Goods Inventory
April 30
Product
Cat-allac Dog-errific
Cost per Input per Input per
Unit of Unit of
Input Output Total Unit of Output Total
Plastic $ 4 4 kg $ 16.00 6 kg $ 24.00
Metal 3 0.5 kg 1.50 1 kg 3.00
Direct manufacturing labour 10 3 hrs. 30.00 5 hrs. 50.00
Machine setup 100 0.075 hrs. 1 7.50 0.1167 hr1 11.67
Processing 5 10 MH 50.00 18 MH 90.00
Inspection 16 0.025 hr2 0.40 0.04 hr.2 0.64
Total $105.40 $179.31
1
39 setup hours ÷ 520 units = 0.075 hours per unit; 33.25 setup hours ÷ 285 units = 0.1167 hours per unit
2
13 inspection hours ÷ 520 units = 0.025 hours per unit; 11.4 inspection hours ÷ 285 units = 0.04 hours per
unit
Finished goods
Cat-allac 35 $105.40 $3,689
Dog-errific 15 179.31 2,690 6,379
Total ending inventory $8,064
7.
Cost of Goods Sold Budget
For the Month of April
Beginning finished goods inventory, April, 1 ($1,500 + $5,580) $ 7,080
Direct materials used (requirement 3) $16,745
Direct manufacturing labour (requirement 4) 29,850
Manufacturing overhead (requirement 5) 59,265
Cost of goods manufactured 105,860
Cost of goods available for sale 112,940
Deduct: Ending finished goods inventory, April 30 (reqmt. 6) 6,379
Cost of goods sold $106,561
8.
Nonmanufacturing Costs Budget
For the Month of April
Salaries ($36,000 ÷ 2 1.05) $18,900
Other fixed costs ($36,000 ÷ 2) 18,000
Sales commissions ($155,000 1%) 1,550
Total nonmanufacturing costs $38,450
9.
Budgeted Operating Income Statement
For the Month of April
Revenue $155,000
Cost of goods sold 106,561
Gross margin 48,439
Operating (nonmanufacturing) costs 38,450
Operating income $ 9,989
Discussions of this problem have again and again revealed a tendency among
students (and among accountants and managers) to “fix the blame”—as if the variances
arising from a responsibility accounting system should pinpoint misbehaviour and provide
answers. The point is that no accounting system or variances can provide answers.
However, variances can lead to questions. In this case, in deciding where the penalty
should be assigned, the student might inquire who should be asked—not who should be
blamed.
Classroom discussions have also raised the following diverse points:
(a) Is the railway company liable? Yes, and they have liability insurance.
(b) Costs of idle time are usually routinely charged to the production department.
Should the information system be fine-tuned to reallocate such costs to the
purchasing department? Both purchasing and the plant manager answer to either a
business manager or an operations manager. The buck stops here. Some companies
have the purchasing department answer directly to the plant manager, which would
be a probable result of the above mistake. Give accountability to the plant manager
as his/her authority warrants it.
(c) How will the purchasing managers behave in the future regarding willingness to
take risks?
The text emphasizes the following: Beware of overemphasis on controllability. For
example, a time-honoured theme of management is that responsibility should not be given
without accompanying authority. Such a guide is a useful first step, but responsibility
accounting is more far-reaching. The basic focus should be on information or knowledge,
not on control. The key question is: “Who is the best informed?” Put another way, “Who is
the person who can tell us the most about the specific item, regardless of ability to exert
personal control?”
2. Maki probably chose these standards so that her department would be able to make the
goal and receive any resulting reward. With a little effort, her department can likely beat
these goals.
3. As discussed in the chapter, benchmarking might be used to highlight the easy targets set
by Maki. Perhaps the organization has multiple plant locations that could be used as
comparisons. Alternatively, management could use industry averages. Also, management
should work with Maki to better understand her department and encourage her to set
more realistic targets. Finally, the reward structure should be designed to encourage
increasing productivity, not beating the budget.
2.
Production Budget
For the Month of April
Product
Cat-allac Dog-eriffic
Budgeted unit sales 530 225
Add target ending finished goods inventory 30 10
Total required units 560 235
Deduct beginning finished goods inventory 10 19
Units of finished goods to be produced 550 216
3.
Direct Material Usage Budget in Quantity and Dollars
For the Month of April
Material
Plastic Metal Total
Physical Units Budget
Direct materials required for
Cat-allac (550 units × 4 lbs. and 0.5 lb.) 2,200 lbs. 275 lbs.
Dog-eriffic (216 units × 6 lbs. and 1 lb.) 1,296 lbs. 216 lbs.
Total quantity of direct material to be used 3,496 lbs. 491 lbs.
Cost Budget
Available from beginning direct materials inventory
(under a FIFO cost-flow assumption)
Plastic: 290 lbs. × $3.80 per lb. $ 1,102
Metal: 70 lbs. × $3.10 per lb. $ 217
To be purchased this period
Plastic: (3,496 – 290) lbs. $5 per lb. 16,030
Metal: (485 – 70) lbs. $4 per lb. _ 1,684
Direct materials to be used this period $17,132 $1,901 $19,033
4.
Direct Manufacturing Labour Costs Budget
For the Month of April
Output Units
Produced DMLH Total Hourly Wage
(requirement 2) per Unit Hours Rate Total
Cat-allac 550 3 1,650 $10 $16,500
Dog-eriffic 216 5 1,080 10 10,800
Total $27,300
6.
Unit Costs of Ending Finished Goods Inventory
April 30
Product
Cat-allac Dog-eriffic
Cost per Input per Input per
Unit of Unit of Unit of
Input Output Total Output Total
Plastic $ 5 4 lbs. $ 20.00 6 lbs. $ 30.00
Metal 4 0.5 lbs. 2.00 1 lb. 4.00
Direct manufacturing labour 10 3 hrs. 30.00 5 hrs. 50.00
Machine setup 105 0.06 hrs.a 6.30 0.2 hra 21.00
Processing 10 11 MH 110.00 19 MH 190.00
Inspection 15 0.02 hrb 0.30 0.08 hr.b 1.20
Total $168.60 $296.20
a
33 setup-hours ÷ 550 units = 0.06 hours per unit; 42 setup-hours ÷ 210 units = 0.2 hours per unit
b
11 inspection hours ÷ 550 units = 0.02 hours per unit; 16.8 inspection hours ÷ 210 units = 0.08 hours per unit
Finished goods
Cat-allac 30 $168.60 $5,058
Dog-eriffic 10 296.20 2,962 8,020
Total ending inventory $10,330
7.
Cost of Goods Sold Budget
For the Month of April
Beginning finished goods inventory, April, 1 ($1,000 + $4,650) $ 5,650
Direct materials used (requirement 3) $ 19,033
Direct manufacturing labour (requirement 4) 27,300
Manufacturing overhead (requirement 5) 109,832
Cost of goods manufactured 156,165
Cost of goods available for sale 161,815
Deduct: Ending finished goods inventory, April 30 (requirement 6) 8,020
Cost of goods sold $153,795
8.
Nonmanufacturing Costs Budget
For the Month of April
Salaries ($32,000 ÷ 2 1.05) $16,800
Other fixed costs ($32,000 ÷ 2) 16,000
Sales commissions ($178,400 1%) 1,784
Total nonmanufacturing costs $34,584
9.
Budgeted Income Statement
For the Month of April
Revenues $178,400
Cost of goods sold 153,795
Gross margin 24,605
Operating (nonmanufacturing)
costs 34,584
Operating income $ (9,979)
10. Animal Gear is making a loss and will need to increase revenues and manage costs to
turn around the business. Preparing a budget helps Animal Gear manage costs based on revenues
and production needs, look for opportunities to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, particularly in
areas where costs are high, coordinate and communicate across different parts of the
organization, create a framework for judging performance and facilitating learning, and motivate
management and employees to achieve “stretch” targets of higher revenues and lower costs.
Note: The solution assumes that the loan is repaid. Some students may point out that the cash
balance at the end of April after the loan is paid is anticipated to be $6,341, which is less than
$7,000 and so Animal Gear would not repay the loan. Under this assumption, the $2,000
repayment would not be shown. Our assumption is that Animal Gear has $8,361 ($181,089
−$172,728) at the end of April before the loan is paid which is more than $7,000 and so the loan
will be repaid.
2. Animal Gear’s managers prepare a cash budget in addition to the operating income
budget to plan cash flows to ensure that the company has adequate cash to pay vendors, meet
payroll, and pay operating expenses as these payments come due. Animal Gear could be very
profitable on an accrual accounting basis, but the pattern of cash receipts from revenues might be
delayed and result in insufficient cash being available to make scheduled payments for its
expenses. Animal Gear’s managers may then need to initiate a plan to borrow money to finance
any shortfall. Building a profitable operating plan does not guarantee that adequate cash will be
available, so Animal Gear’s managers need to prepare a cash budget in addition to an operating
income budget.
b.
Production Budget
For the Month of June, 2018
Product
Regular Deluxe
Budgeted unit sales 2,000 3,000
Add: target ending finished goods inventory 400 600
Total required units 2,400 3,600
Deduct: beginning finished goods inventory 250 650
Units of finished goods to be produced 2,150 2,950
c.
Direct Material Usage Budget in Quantity and Dollars
For the Month of June, 2018
Material
Cloth Wood Total
Physical Units Budget
Direct materials required for
Regular (2,150 units × 1.3 yd.; 0 b.f.) 2,795 yds. 0 b.f.
Deluxe (2,950 units × 1.5 yds.; 2 b.f.) 4,425 yds. 5,900 b.f.
Total quantity of direct materials to be used 7,220 yds. 5,900 b.f.
Cost Budget
Available from beginning direct materials inventory
Material
Cloth Wood Total
Physical Units Budget
To be used in production 7,220 yds. 5,900 ft
Add: Target ending direct material inventory 386 yds. 295 ft
Total requirements 7,606 yds. 6,195 ft
Deduct: beginning direct material inventory 610 yds. 800 ft
Purchases to be made 6,996 yds. 5,395 ft
Cost Budget
Cloth: (6,996 yds. × $5.25 per yd.) $36,729
Wood: (5,395 ft × $7.50 per b.f.) ______ $40,463
Total $36,729 $40,463 $77,192
d.
Direct Manufacturing Labour Costs Budget
For the Month of June, 2018
e.
Manufacturing Overhead Costs Budget
For the Month of June 2018
Total
Machine setup
(Regular, 43 batchesa × 2 hrs./batch + Deluxe, 59 batchesb × 3 hrs./batch) $18/hour $ 4,734
Processing (31,400 DMLH $1.80) 56,520
Inspection [(2,150 + 2,950) pairs $1.35 per pair] 6,885
Total $68,139
a
Regular: 2,150 pairs ÷ 50 pairs per batch = 43; bDeluxe: 2,950 pairs ÷ 50 pairs per batch = 59
f.
Unit Costs of Ending Finished Goods Inventory
For the Month of June, 2018
Regular Deluxe
Cost per Input per Input per
Unit of Input Unit of Output Total Unit of Output Total
Cloth $ 5.25 1.3 yd $ 6.83 1.5 yd $ 7.88
Wood 7.50 0 b.f. 0.00 2 b.f. 15.00
Direct manufacturing labour 15.00 5 hr. 75.00 7 hrs. 105.00
Machine setup 18.00 0.04 hra 0.72 0.06 hrb 1.08
Processing 1.80 5 hrs 9.00 7 hrs 12.60
Inspection 1.35 1 pair 1.35 1 pair 1.35
Total $92.90 $142.91
a
2 hours per setup ÷ 50 pairs per batch = 0.04 hr. per unit
b
3 hours per setup ÷ 50 pairs per batch = 0.06 hr. per unit
Finished goods
Regular 400 $ 92.90 $37,160
Deluxe 600 142.91 85,746 122,906
Total ending inventory $127,145
g.
Cost of Goods Sold Budget
For the Month of June, 2018
Beginning finished goods inventory, June 1 ($23,250 + $92,625) $115,875
Direct materials used (requirement c) $ 82,232
Direct manufacturing labour (requirement d) 471,000
Manufacturing overhead (requirement e) 68,139
Cost of goods manufactured 621,371
Cost of goods available for sale 737,246
Deduct ending finished goods inventory, June 30 (requirement f) 122,906
Cost of goods sold $614,340
h.
Nonmanufacturing Costs Budget
For the Month of June, 2018
Total
Marketing and general administration
8% × $825,000 $66,000
Shipping
(5,000 pairs ÷ 40 pairs per shipment) × $15 1,875
Total $67,875
2.
Cash Budget
June 30, 2018
Cash balance, June 1 (from Balance Sheet) $ 9,435
Add receipts
Collections from May accounts receivable 307,800
Collections from June accounts receivable
($825,000 60%) 495,000
3.
Budgeted Income Statement
For the Month of June, 2018
Revenues $825,000
Bad debt expense ($825,000 2%) 16,500
Net revenues $808,500
Cost of goods sold 614,340
Gross margin 194,160
Operating (nonmanufacturing) costs $67,875
Interest expense (for June) 750 68,625
Net income $125,535
Assets
Cash $ 128,546
Accounts receivable ($825,000 × 40%) $330,000
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts 16,500 313,500
Inventories
Direct materials $ 4,239
Finished goods 122,906 127,145
MINI-CASE
Cost Budget
Available from beginning direct materials inventory
(under a FIFO cost-flow assumption) $ 64 $ 105
To be purchased this period
Sugar: (1,690 lbs. – 125 lbs.) × $0.50 per lb. 783
Sticks: (4,930 – 350) × $0.30 per stick ____ 1,374
Direct materials to be used this period $847 $1,479 $2,326
Cost Budget
Sugar: (1,805 lbs. × $0.50 per lb.) $903
Sticks: (5,060 × $0.30 per stick) ____ $1,518
Total $903 $1,518 $2,421
1d.
Direct Manufacturing Labour Costs Budget
For the Month of June
Output Units Direct Manufacturing Total Hourly Wage Total
Produced Labour-Hours per Unit Hours Rate
Large 3,100 0.20 620 $8 $4,960
Giant 1,830 0.25 457.5 8 3,660
Total 1,077.5 $8,620
1e.
Manufacturing Overhead Costs Budget
For the Month of June
Total
Machine setup
(Large 310 batchesa 0.08 hrs./batch + Giant 183 batchesb 0.09
hrs./batch) $20/hour $ 825
Processing (1,077.5 DMLH $1.70) 1,832
Total $2,657
a
Large: 3,100 units ÷ 10 units per batch = 310
b
Giant: 1,830 units ÷ 10 units per batch = 183
1f.
Unit Costs of Ending Finished Goods Inventory
For the Month of June
Large Giant
Cost per Input per Input per
Unit of Input Unit of Output Total Unit of Output Total
Sugar $ 0.50 0.25 lb $0.125 0.50 lb. $ 0.25
Sticks 0.30 1 0.30 1 0.30
Direct manufacturing
labour 8.00 0.2 hr. 1.60 0.25 hr. 2.00
Machine setup 20.00 0.008 hr.a 0.16 0.009 hra 0.18
Processing 1.70 0.2 hr 0.34 0.25 hr 0.425
Total $2.525 $3.155
a
0.08 hour per setup ÷ 10 units per batch = 0.008 hr. per unit;
0.09 hour per setup ÷ 10 units per batch = 0.009 hr. per unit.
Finished goods
Large 300 $2.525 $758
Giant 180 3.155 568 1,326
Total ending inventory $1,590
1g.
Cost of Goods Sold Budget
For the Month of June
Beginning finished goods inventory, June 1 ($500 + $474) $ 974
Direct materials used (requirement c) $2,326
Direct manufacturing labour (requirement d) 8,620
Manufacturing overhead (requirement e) 2,657
Cost of goods manufactured 13,603
Cost of goods available for sale 14,577
Deduct ending finished goods inventory, June 30 (requirement f) 1,326
Cost of goods sold $13,251
1h.
Nonmanufacturing Costs Budget
For the Month of June
Total
Marketing and general administration
10% 16,200 $1,620
2.
Cash Budget
June 30
Cash balance, June 30 $ 587
Add receipts
Collections from May accounts receivable 4,704
Collections from June accounts receivable
($16,200 80% 50%) 6,480
Collections from June cash sales
($16,200 20%) 3,240
Total collection from customers 14,424
Total cash available for needs (x) $15,011
Deduct cash disbursements
Direct material purchases in May $ 696
Direct material purchases in June
( $2,421 70%) 1,695
Direct manufacturing labour 8,620
Manufacturing overhead
( $2,657 60% because 40% is depreciation) 1,594
Nonmanufacturing costs
( $1,620 70% because 30% is depreciation) 1,134
Taxes 500
Total disbursements (y) $14,239
Financing
Interest at 12% ($20,000 12% 1 ÷ 12) (z) $ 200
Ending cash balance, June 30 (x) ─ (y) ─ (z) $ 572
3.
Budgeted Operating Income Statement
For the Month of June
Revenue $16,200
Cost of goods sold 13,251
Gross margin 2,949
Operating (nonmanufacturing) costs $1,620
Bad debt expense ($16,200 80% 1%) 130
Interest expense (for June) 200 1,950
Net income $ 999
Assets
Cash $ 572
Accounts receivable ($16,200 80% 50%)) $ 6,480
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts 130 6,350
Inventories
Direct materials $ 264
Finished goods 1,326 1,590
This exercise illustrates the difficulty of budgeting issues in universities. There are multiple
stakeholders—student-athletes, student non-athletes, coaches, sports administrators, university
faculty, university administrators, and alumni. Actions that benefit one type of stakeholder can
“gore the ox” of other stakeholders.
The general options that groups could examine are outlined below.
Increasing Revenue
There are at least two approaches to “increase” revenue:
(a) Increase revenue from outside sources. For example, sell more tickets to football, basketball,
etc. This is heavily driven by success. Medley’s concerns about academic standards likely
will constrain Tax’s flexibility to recruit any athlete he believes to be a major star.
Some universities have been innovative in terms of increasing cable television revenue
from coverage of university sporting games.
Tax could propose direct fundraising for the athletics department. This could run into
problems with Medley, as she may require all fundraising to be coordinated at the university
level.
(b) Increase the “revenue” attributed to the athletics department. Tax could argue that a
successful athletics program has many positive externalities for Maritime University, many of
which increase MU revenue.
• Alumni are more likely to give money and other contributions when they are stimulated
by being on campus to watch a nationally ranked team or viewing a successful MU team
on television. Many universities use tickets to athletic events and invitations to related
social functions as a thank-you to major donors.
• Athletics officials (especially nationally prominent coaches) are expected to assist Medley
and her senior officers in promoting MU to potential donors, parents of future students,
etc. For example, the coach of a number-one-ranked football team may attend over 50
dinners/functions a year on behalf of the university. Some of these dinners are “one-on-
one” with potential large donors.
• Merchandising revenue sold to alumni and other supporters is likely to increase when
MU’s athletics teams achieve national success. These include sweaters, towels, and rings.
The current budgeting process gives zero recognition to these externalities, which may well exceed
the projected $3.612 million deficit.
Decreasing Costs
Tax can always cut costs to meet any level Medley may impose. However, the ways to achieve any
substantial reduction will be relatively painful.
(a) Reduce scholarships (either number or amount) to students. This can take time to achieve
bottom-line reductions as existing students may have three more years of scholarship
remaining. Unless Tax cuts existing scholarships, he is restricted to cutting back on
scholarships to new students. This option will be very painful. One consequence will be
lower-quality levels of student athletes which will have implications for the sporting
competitiveness of MU. The option of cutting back on already committed existing
scholarships would be traumatic (but it has occurred).
Tax could undertake across-the-board cuts or target the reductions to some sports. For
example, sports that do not draw sizable crowds may be candidates for reduction. One
difficulty here is that Tax is faced with both reducing total costs and increasing the relative
percentage of scholarships to women. The scholarship breakdown is:
Men’s Women’s
Program Program Total
Football 37 — 37
Basketball 21 11 32
Swimming 6 4 10
Other 4 2 6
Total 68 17 85
The largest percentage of scholarships are for the two highly successful programs—men’s
football (37/85 = 44%) and men’s basketball (21/85 = 25%). There is little room for cutbacks
in the second tier sports at MU.
(b) Reduce sports sponsored by the athletics department. Cut out support for all but a few
targeted sporting programs. This will cause morale problems for students in these sporting
programs (such as rugby, soccer, and volleyball).
(c) Reduce salaries and other costs of the athletics department. The salary for Bill Madden is an
obvious target for Tax’s cost reduction. However, Madden may have a multi-year contract
that leaves MU little room for cost reduction. Moreover, if cost reduction is attempted,
Madden may leave, which could have negative general effects on morale and university
finances. Tax could approach alumni or sponsors to cover Madden’s salary and other costs.
This would address Medley’s budget balance concerns but not her concern as to the level of
Madden’s salary relative to leading academics’.
Cost reductions could be achieved by reducing the number of assistant coaches and the number of
support officials. The effect of these reductions on student morale and MU athletic achievements is
difficult to measure.
Gender Issues
Based on dollar expenditures and scholarships, Medley has evidence to support her concerns. The
men’s programs get the “lion’s share” of the expenditures and student scholarships.
Men’s Women’s
Program Program
Costs $13.248 million $3.36 million
Full student scholarships 68 17
Tax could respond by noting that the men’s programs have a lower deficit based on revenue minus
assigned costs (in millions):
Men’s Women’s
Program Program
Revenue $12.420 $ 0.936
Assigned costs 13.248 3.360
Contribution $(0.828) $(2.424)
This lower deficit reflects, in part, the large revenue-drawing capacity of their successful men’s
football and athletics departments.
Medley’s demands for a balanced budget, more gender equality, and higher academic
standards leaves Tax in an unenviable position.
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