Direct Labor Cost Budget Pasadena Candle Inc. budgeted production of 63,000 candles for January. Each candle requires molding. Assume that three minutes are required to mold each candle. If molding labor costs $15.25 per hour, determine the direct labor cost budget for January. Round total direct labor cost to the nearest dollar, if required. Pasadena Candle Inc. Direct Labor Cost Budget For the Month Ending January 31 Hours required for assembly: Candles Convert minutes to hours Molding hours purly rate cal direct labor cost My Work 2 more Check My Work uses remaining. + X min. min. hrs. Previous Next

Direct Labor Cost Budget Pasadena Candle Inc. budgeted production of 63,000 candles for January. Each candle requires molding. Assume that three minutes are required to mold each candle. If molding labor costs $15.25 per hour, determine the direct labor cost budget for January. Round total direct labor cost to the nearest dollar, if required. Pasadena Candle Inc. Direct Labor Cost Budget For the Month Ending January 31 Hours required for assembly: Candles Convert minutes to hours Molding hours purly rate cal direct labor cost My Work 2 more Check My Work uses remaining. + X min. min. hrs. Previous Next

Managerial Accounting

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Chapter8: Budgeting

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Problem 4BE: Pasadena Candle Inc. budgeted production of 785,000 candles for January. Each candle requires...

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Pasadena Candle Inc. budgeted production of 785,000 candles for January. Wax is required to produce a candle. Assume 10 ounces of wax is required for each candle. The estimated January 1 wax inventory is 16,000 pounds. The desired January 31 wax inventory is 12,500 pounds. If candle wax costs 1.24 per pound, determine the direct materials purchases budget for January.
Refer to Cornerstone Exercise 8.2 for the production budgets for practice balls and match balls. Every practice ball requires 0.7 square yard of polyvinyl chloride panels, one bladder with valve (to fill with air), and 3 ounces of glue. FlashKicks policy is that 20 percent of the following months production needs for raw materials be in ending inventory. Beginning inventory in January for all raw materials met this requirement. Required: 1. Construct a direct materials purchases budget for each type of raw materials for the practice ball line for January and February of the coming year. 2. What if FlashKick decreased the ending inventory percentage to 15 percent of the next months production needs? What impact would that have on the direct materials purchases budgets prepared in Requirement 1? Refer to Cornerstone Exercise 8.1, through Requirement 1. FlashKick requires ending inventory of product to equal 20 percent of the next months unit sales. Beginning inventory in January was 3,100 practice soccer balls and 400 match soccer balls. Required: 1. Construct a production budget for each of the two product lines for FlashKick Company for the first three months of the coming year. 2. What if FlashKick wanted a production budget for the two product lines for the month of April? What additional information would you need to prepare this budget?
Pilsner Inc. purchases raw materials on account for use in production. The direct materials purchases budget shows the following expected purchases on account: Pilsner typically pays 25% on account in the month of billing and 75% the next month. Required: 1. How much cash is required for payments on account in May? 2. How much cash is expected for payments on account in June?
Preparing a Direct Labor Budget Tulum Inc. makes a Mexican chocolate mix. Planned production in units for the first 3 months of the coming year is: Each box of chocolate mix takes 0.4 direct labor hour. The average wage is 17 per hour. Required: Prepare a direct labor budget for the months of January, February, and March, as well as the total for the first quarter.
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