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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:

Direct material: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound	$	40.00
Direct labor: 2 hours at $14 per hour		28.00
Variable overhead: 2 hours at $5 per hour		10.00
Total standard variable cost per unit	$	78.00

The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:

	Fixed Cost per Month				Variable Cost per Unit Sold
Advertising	$	200,000
Sales salaries and commissions	$	100,000			$	12.00
Shipping expenses					$	3.00

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 25,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 30,000 units and incurred the following costs:

1. Purchased 160,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.

2. Direct-laborers worked 55,000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour.

3. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $280,500.

4. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $210,000, $455,000, and $115,000, respectively.

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12. What amounts of advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses would be included in the company’s flexible budget for March?

Required information

The Foundational 15 [LO9-1, LO9-2, LO9-4, LO9-5, LO9-6]

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]

Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:

Direct material: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound	$	40.00
Direct labor: 2 hours at $14 per hour		28.00
Variable overhead: 2 hours at $5 per hour		10.00
Total standard variable cost per unit	$	78.00

The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:

	Fixed Cost per Month				Variable Cost per Unit Sold
Advertising	$	200,000
Sales salaries and commissions	$	100,000			$	12.00
Shipping expenses					$	3.00

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 25,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 30,000 units and incurred the following costs:

1. Purchased 160,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.

2. Direct-laborers worked 55,000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour.

3. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $280,500.

4. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $210,000, $455,000, and $115,000, respectively.

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12. What amounts of advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses would be included in the company’s flexible budget for March?

Advertising......

Sales salaries and commissions......

Shipping expenses......

Answer 1

12) Flexible budget amount

Advertising	200000
Sales salaries and commission (100000+30000*12)	460000
Shipping expense (30000*3)	90000