Chapter Two Cost
Chapter Two Cost
Chapter Two Cost
Master Budget
Introduction
The master budget is the aggregation of all lower-level budgets produced by a company's various
functional areas, and includes budgeted financial statements, cash forecast, and a financing plan.
The master budget is typically presented in either a monthly or quarterly format, or usually
covers a company's entire fiscal year. An explanatory text may be included with the master
budget, which explains the company's strategic direction, how the master budget will assist in
accomplishing specific goals, and the management actions needed to achieve the budget. There
may also be a discussion of the headcount changes that are required to achieve the budget. A
master budget is the central planning tool that a management team uses to direct the activities of
a corporation, as well as to judge the performance of its various responsibility centers.
2.1. The Overall Plan and Its Characteristics
Finance being the lifeblood of a business, financial planning is of utmost significance to a
businessman. Budget is an important tool for financial planning and control. Financial planning
is concerned with rising of funds and their effective utilization with a view to maximize the
wealth of the organization. In spite of a good financial plan, the desired results may not be
achieved if there is no effective control to ensure its effective implementation. The budget
represents a set of yardsticks and guidelines for use in controlling internal operations of an
organization. The discrepancy between plan performance and actual performance is highlighted
through the budgets. The organization may have to change the course of its operation in a
particular area or rallies its plans keeping in view the changing conditions.
What is budget?
A budget is a plan expressed in quantitative, usually monetary terms, covering a specific period
of time, usually a year. In other words, a budget is a systematic plan for the utilization of
manpower and natural resources. In a business budget represents an estimate of future costs and
revenues. A budget prepared for the organization as a whole is called master budget. Master
budget is a comprehensive expression of managements operating and financial plans for a future
expression of managements operating and financial plans for a future time period (usually a year)
that is summarized in a set of budgeted financial statements. If embraces the impact of both
operating decisions and financing decisions. Operating decisions centre on the use of scarce
resources. Financing decisions centre on how to obtain funds to acquired those resources. The
master budget has two components. These are operating budget and financial budget.
Operating budgets includes budgeted income statement and its supporting schedules. Financial
budget comprises the capital budget. Cash budget, budgeted balance sheet, and budgeted
statement of cash flows.
Master Budget
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2.2. Advantages of Budgeting
A master budget consists of a set of operating budgets and a set of financial budgets that detail
an organization’s financial plans for a specific accounting period, generally a year. When a
master budget covers an entire year, some of the operating and financial budgets may show
planned results by month or by quarter.
_ As the term implies, operating budgets are plans used in daily operations. They are also the
basis for preparing the financial budgets, which are projections of financial results for the
accounting period.
_ Financial budgets include a budgeted income statement, a capital expenditures budget, a cash
budget, and a budgeted balance sheet.
The budgeted financial statements—that is, the budgeted income statement and budgeted balance
sheet—are also called pro forma financial statements, meaning that they show projections
rather than actual results. Pro forma financial statements are often used to communicate business
plans to external parties.
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If, for example, you wanted to obtain a bank loan so that you could start a new business, you
would have to present the bank with a pro forma, or budgeted, income statement and balance
sheet showing that you could repay the loan with cash generated by profitable operations.
2.4. Developing the Master Budget
Suppose you have started your own business. Whether it is a manufacturing, retail, or service
organization, to manage it effectively, you would prepare a master budget each period. A master
budget provides the information needed to match long-term goals to short-term activities and to
plan the resources needed to ensure an organization’s profitability and liquidity.
The operating budgets of manufacturing organizations include budgets for sales, production,
direct materials, direct labor, overhead, selling and administrative expenses, and cost of goods
manufactured.
Retail organizations prepare a sales budget, a purchases budget, a selling and administrative
expense budget, and a cost of goods sold budget.
The operating budgets of service organizations include budgets for service revenue (sales),
labor, services overhead and selling and administrative expenses. The sales budget (or in service
organizations, the service revenue budget) is prepared firs because it is used to estimate sales volume
and revenues. Once managers know the quantity of products or services to be sold and how many
sales dollars to expect, they can develop other budgets that will enable them to manage their
organization’s resources so that they generate profits on those sales. For example, in a retail
organization, the purchases budget provides managers with information about the quantity of
merchandise needed to meet the sales demand and yet maintain a minimum level of inventory. In a
service organization, the labor budget provides information about the labor hours and labor rates
needed to provide services and generate the revenues planned for each period; managers use this
information in scheduling services and setting prices.
Budget Procedures
Because procedures for preparing budgets vary from organization to organization, there is no
standard format for budget preparation. The only universal requirement is that budgets
communicate the appropriate information to the reader in a clear and understandable manner. By
keeping that in mind and using the following guidelines, managers can improve the quality of
budgets in any type of organization:
1. Know the purpose of the budget, and clearly identify who is responsible for carrying out the
activities in the budget.
2. Identify the user group and its information needs.
3. Identify sources of accurate, meaningful budget information. Such information may be
gathered from documents or from interviews with employees, suppliers, or managers who work
in the related areas.
4. Establish a clear format for the budget. A budget should begin with a clearly stated heading
that includes the organization’s name, the type of budget, and the accounting period under
consideration. The budget’s components should be clearly labeled, and the unit and financial
data should be listed in an orderly manner.
5. Use appropriate formulas and calculations in deriving the quantitative information.
6. Revise the budget until it includes all planning decisions. Several revisions may be required
before the final version is ready for distribution.
Although procedures for preparing operating budgets vary, the tools used in the process do not.
In this section, we use a frame-making company, called Framecraft Company, to illustrate how
a manufacturing organization prepares its operating budgets. Because Framecraft Company
makes only one product—a plastic picture frame—it prepares only one of each type of operating
budget. Organizations that manufacture a variety of products or provide many types of services
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may prepare either separate operating budgets or one comprehensive budget for each product or
service.
Example: To illustrate the budget process for manufacturing firms, hypostatical data for XY
Company is taken. This company produces a product called product Z using a single direct
material called raw material R. The company prepares its master budget for a year divided into
four quarters. The following data is provided to assist you in the preparation of the master budget
for the year 2005 ending on December 31.
a) The company plans to sell 100,000 units of Product Z during the year 2005, which is
broken down as follows:
Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Budgeted sales of product Z (units) 10,000 30,000 40,000 20,000 100,000
The budgeted sales in units of product Z for the first and second quarters of the year 2006 are
15,000 units each.
b) The selling price per unit of product Z is Birr 20. Cash collections from sales are as
follows: 70% collected in the quarter of sale, and the remaining 30% collected in the
following quarter.
c) Management believes that, at the end of each quarter, an ending inventory of product Z
equals to 20% of the next quarter’s sales in units of product Z.
d) The company’s end of year balance sheet for the year 2004 appears as follows:
XY Company
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2004
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Assets
Current assets:
Cash 42,500
Account receivable 90,000
Raw materials inventory(21,000 pounds of R) 4,200
Finished goods Inventory(2,000 units of Z) 26,000
Total Current Assets 162,700
Plant and Equipment:
Land 80,000
Building and Equipment 700,000
Accumulated Depreciation (292,000)
Plant and Equipment net 488,000
Total Assets 650,700
Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity:
Current liabilities:
Account Payable (Raw material) 25,800
Stockholder’s Equity:
Common Stock, no par 175,000
Retained earnings 449,900
Total stockholder’s Equity 624,900
Total liabilities and Stockholder’s equity 650,700
e) 15 pounds of raw material R are needed per unit of product Z. management believes that an
ending inventory of raw material R equals to 10% of the next quarter’s production needs
stated in pounds of raw material R be maintained for each quarter. The cost of raw
material R per pound is Birr 0.2.
f) Cash payments for purchase of raw materials Z are as follows: 50% paid for in the quarter
of purchases, and the remaining 50% paid for in the following quarter.
g) 0.80 hours of direct labor time is required per unit of Product Z. The direct labor cost rate is
Br 7.50 per hour. Assume that the direct labor force will be adjusted as the work
requirements change form quarter to quarter.
h) Variable overhead rate is Birr 2 per direct labor hour, and the fixed manufacturing
overhead is Birr 60,600 per quarter. The fixed overhead contains Birr 15,000 depreciation
on factory per quarter. The manufacturing overhead (both variable and fixed) is applied to
units of product Z on the basis of direct labor hours. The company pays all overhead costs
involving cash disbursements in the quarter incurred.
i) The company’s selling and administrative expenses include variable selling and
administrative expenses of Birr 1.80 per unit of product Z budgeted to be sold in each
quarter. These variable expenses include commission, clerical, and shipping. The budgeted
fixed selling and administrative expenses are given as follows:
Quarter
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Advertising 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Executive salaries 55,000 55,000 55,000 55,000
Insurance - 1,900 37,750 -
Property Taxes - - - 18,150
Depreciation 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
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The company pays all selling and administrative expenses involving cash disbursements in the
quarter incurred.
j) The Company plans to make cash payments as follows:
Quarter
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Equipment purchases 50,000 40,000 20,000 20,000
Dividends 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000
k) The company requires a minimum cash balance of Birr 40,000 each quarter. An open line
of credit available at a local bank for any borrowing that may be needed during the year.
All borrowing is done at the beginning of a quarter, and all repayments are made at the end
of a quarter. All borrowings and repayments of the principal must be in multiples of Birr
1,000. Interest is paid only at the time of payment of principal, and the interest payment
relate to only to the principal being repaid at the time it is repaid. The annual interest rate is
10%.
Required: Based on the information given in the above data for XY Company,
1. Prepare the operating budget for the year 2005 consisting of the following:
a) Sales budget
b) Schedule of expected cash collection
c) Production budget
d) Direct materials purchase budget
e) Direct materials usage budget (in pounds and Birr)
f) Schedule of expected cash disbursements for materials
g) Direct labor budget
h) Manufacturing overhead budget
i) Ending finished goods inventory
j) Cost of goods sold budget
k) Selling and administrative expense budget
l) Budgeted income statement for the year ended Dec. 31, 2005
2. Based on the data given and the supporting budgets and schedules from the operating
budget, prepare the financial budget for the year 2005 consisting on the following :
a) Cash budget including details of borrowing, repayments, and interest for each
quarter.
b) Budgeted balance sheet as of Dec.31,2005
c) Budgeted statement of cash flows for the year ended Dec.31, 2005.
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The estimated sales volume is very important because it will affect the level of operating
activities and the amount of resources needed for operations. To help estimate sales volume,
managers often use a sales forecast, which is a projection of sales demand (the estimated sales in
units) based on an analysis of external and internal factors. The external factors include:
1. The state of the local and national economies
2. The state of the industry’s economy
3. The nature of the competition and its sales volume and selling price
Internal factors taken into consideration in a sales forecast include:
1. The number of units sold in prior periods
2. The organization’s credit policies
3. The organization’s collection policies
4. The organization’s pricing policies
5. Any new products that the organization plans to introduce to the market
6. The capacity of the organization’s manufacturing facilities
Operating Budget
Exhibit 1-1 sales budget
XY Company
Sales Budget
For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Budgeted sales in units 10,000 30,000 40,000 20,000 100,000
Selling price per unit X Br 20 X Br 20 X Br 20 X Br 20 X Br 20
Total Budgeted Sales Br.200,000 Br.600,000 Br.800,000 Br.400,000 Br.2,000,000
2. Schedule of expected cash collection:
XY Company
Schedule of expected cash collection
For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Year
Accounts receivable, beginning 90,000 - - -
90,000
First quarter sales ( 200,000x70%,30% ) 140,000 60,000 - - 200,000
Second quarter sales (600,000 x 70%, 30% - 420,000 180,000 - 600,000
Third quarter sales (800,000 X 70%, 30%) - - 560,000 240,000 800,000
Fourth quarter sales (400,000 X 70%) - - - 280,000 280,000
Total cash collections 230,000 480,000 740,000 520,000 1,970,000
Note: The beginning Accounts receivable amounting Birr 90,000, is taken from 2004 balance
sheet.
70% of the accounts receivable is collected in the quarter of sell and the remaining 30% in
the next quarter.
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For example, Framecraft Company’s desired level of ending finished goods inventory is 10 percent
of the next quarter’s budgeted unit sales. (Its desired level of beginning finished goods inventory is
10 percent of the current quarter’s budgeted unit sales.)
The following formula identifies the production needs for each accounting period:
Total Budgeted Desired Units of Desired Units of
Production = Sales in + Ending Finished - Beginning
Units Units Goods Inventory Finished Goods Inventory
Exhibit 1-2 Production budget
XY Company
Production budget
For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
Quarter
st nd rd
1 2 3 4th
Budgeted sales in units 10,000 30,000 40,000 20,000
Add: Desired ending inventory of finished goods 6,000 8,000 4,000 3,000
Total Requirements 16,000 38,000 44,000 23,000
Less: Beginning inventory of finished goods 2,000 6,000 8,000 4,000
Required production in units 14,000 32,000 36,000 19,000
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Exhibit 1-3 Direct Materials Purchases Budget
XY Company
Direct Material Purchase Budget
For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
Quarter
st nd rd
1 2 3 4th
Required production in units 14,000 32,000 36,000 19,000
Raw material needed per unit(pounds) x 15 x 15 x 15 x 15
Total RM needed for production(pounds) 210,000 480,000 540,000 285,000
Add: Desired ending inventory of RM (pounds) 48,000 54,000 28,500 22,500
Total raw material needed (pounds) 258,000 534,000 568, 500 307,500
Less: Beginning inventory of RM (pounds) 21,000 48,000 54,000 28,500
Raw materials to be purchased(pounds) 237,000 486,000 514,500 279,000
Raw material cost per pound x 0.20 x 0.20 x 0.20 x 0.20
Total cost of raw material to be purchased 47,400 97,200 102,900 55,800
a) The direct Material Usage Budget: details the amount of raw materials to be consumed for
the required production during the budget period, which is composed of raw materials
consumed from the beginning inventory and from the raw materials purchases during the
budget period. It can be prepared in both units and Birr.
Cost per pound of raw material R= Br 4,200 = Br 0.20
21,000 pounds
The direct Material Usage Budget in pounds
XY Company
Direct Material Usage Budget(in pounds)
For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
Quarter
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Year
Required production in units 14,000 32,000 36,000 19,000 101,000
Raw material needed per unit(pounds) x 15 x 15 x 15 x 15 x 15
Total RM needed for production(pounds) 210,000 480,000 540,000 285,000 1,515,000
Less: usage from beginning inventory (pounds 21,000 48,000 54,000 28,500 21,000
Usage from purchases 189,000 432,000 486,000 256,500 1,494,000
Schedule of Expected Cash Disbursements for Materials: This schedule details the expected
cash disbursements for purchase of materials. Thus disbursements for raw materials consist of
payments for purchases made on account in prior periods plus any payment made in the current
budget period.
XY Company
Schedule of Expected Cash Disbursements for Materials
For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
Quarter
st nd
1 2 3rd 4th Year
Accounts payable 25,500 - - - 25,500
First quarter purchases 47,400 x50%,50% 23,700 23,700 - - 47,400
Second quarter purchase 97,200x50%, 50% - 48,600 48,600 - 97,200
Third quarter purchases 102,900x 50%, 50% - - 51,450 51,450 102,900
Fourth quarter purchases 55,800 x 50%, - - - 27.900 27,900
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Total cash disbursements 49,500 72,300 100,050 79,350 301,200
XY Company
Direct labor Budget
For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
Quarter
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Year
Required production in units 14,000 32,000 36,000 19,000 101,000
Direct labor time in units x 0.80 x 0.80 x 0.80 x0.80 x0.80
Total direct labor hours needed 11,200 25,600 28,800 15,200 80,800
Direct labor cost per hour x7.50 x7.50 x7.50 x7.50 x7.50
Total direct labor cost 84,000 192,000 216,000 114,000 606,000
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1st 2nd 3rd 4th Year
Budgeted direct labor hours 11,200 25,600 28,800 15,200 80,800
Variable overhead rate x 2 x 2 x2 x2 x2
Variable manufacturing overhead 22,400 51,200 57,600 30,400 161,600
Fixed manufacturing Overhead 60,600 60,600 60,600 60,600 242,400
Total manufacturing overhead 83,000 111,800 118,200 91,000 404,000
Less: Depreciation (non cash expense) 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 60,000
Cash disbursements for Mfg. overhead 68,000 96,800 103,200 76,000 344,000
XY Company
Ending Inventories Budget
For the year ended December 31, 2005
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Finished Goods Inventories
Desired Ending Inventory of Finished Goods (in units) 6,000 8,000 4,000 3,000
Unit Cost------------------------------------------------------ x13 x13 x13 x13
Total Cost of Ending Finished Goods Inventory 78,000 104,000 52,000 39,000
Raw Material
Desired ending inventory of raw materials (pound) 48,000 54,000 28,500 22,500
Unit cost x0.2 x0.2 x0.2 x0.2
Total Cost of Ending Inventory 9,600 10,800 5,700 4,500
XY Company
Cost of Goods Sold Budget
For the year ended December 31, 2005
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Beg, Finished Goods Inv. 26,000 78,000 104,000 52,000
Cost of Goods Sold
Raw Material Used 42,000 96,000 108,000 57,000
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Direct Mfg. Labor 84,000 192,000 216,000 114,000
Mfg. Overhead 83,000 111,800 118,200 91,000
Cost of Goods Manufactured 209,000 399,800 442,200 262,000
Cost of Goods Available for Sale 235,000 477,800 546,200 314,000
Less: End. Finished Goods Inv. (78,000) (104,000) (52,000) (39,000)
Cost of Goods Sold 157,000 373,800 494,200 275,000
XY Company
Selling and Administrative Expense Budget
For the year ended December 31,2005
XY Company
Budgeted Income Statement
For the year ended December 31,2005
Financial Budgets
Financial budgets include a capital expenditures budget, a cash budget, and a budgeted balance
sheet.
9. The Capital Expenditures Budget
A capital expenditures budget is a detailed plan outlining the anticipated amount and timing of
capital outlays for long-term assets during an accounting period.
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Managers rely on the information in a capital expenditures budget when making decisions about
such matters as buying equipment, building a new plant, purchasing and installing a materials
handling system, or acquiring another business.
10. The Cash Budget
A cash budget is a projection of the cash that an organization will receive and the cash that it will
pay out during an accounting period. It summarizes the cash flow prospects of all transactions
considered in the master budget. The information that the cash budget provides enables managers to
plan for short-term loans when the cash balance is low and for short-term investments when the cash
balance is high.
A cash budget excludes planned noncash transactions, such as depreciation expense, amortization
expense, issuance and receipt of stock dividends, uncollectible accounts expense, and gains and losses
on sales of assets. Some organizations also exclude deferred taxes and accrued interest from the cash
budget.
Cash budget
Beginning cash balance ------------------------------- XXX
Add: cash collection from customers ---------------- XXX
Total cash available for needs(X) -------------------- XXX
Disbursements:
Direct material ------------------------------------------ XXX
Payroll --------------------------------------------------- XXX
Interest expense ----------------------------------------- XXX
Plant Asset ----------------------------------------------- XXX
Income tax ----------------------------------------------- XXX
Others ---------------------------------------------------- XXX
Total disbursements (Y) ------------------------------- XXX
Add: minimum cash balance XXX
Total Cash needed (P) XXX
Cash excess (deficiency) (X – P) XXX
Financing:
Borrowing XXX
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Repayment (XXX)
Interest (XXX)
Net effect of financing (Z) XXX
Ending Cash balance (X –Y + Z) XXX
XY Company
Cash Budget
For the year ended December 31, 2005
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11. The Budgeted Balance Sheet
A budgeted balance sheet projects an organization’s financial position at the end of an accounting
period. It uses all estimated data compiled in the course of preparing a master budget and is the final
step in that process.
XY Company
Budgeted Balance Sheet
For the year ended December 31, 2005
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ASSETS
Current assets
Cash 47,500
Account Receivable 120,000
Raw Materials Inventory (22,500 pounds of R) 4,500
Finished Goods Inventory (3,000 units of Z) 39,000
Total Current Assets 211,000
Plant and Equipment
Land 80,000
Building and Equipment 830,000
Accumulated Depreciation (392,000)
Total Plant and equipment (net) 518,000
Total Assets 729,000
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Account Payable 27,900
Stockholder's Equity
Common Stock 175,000
Retained Earnings 526,100
Total Stockholder's Equity 710,100
Total Liabilities & Stockholder's Equity 729,000
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