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Preparing budgets with multiple productsFresh Fruits Corporation wholesales peaches and or...

Preparing budgets with multiple products

Fresh Fruits Corporation wholesales peaches and oranges. Lashanda King is working with the company’s accountant to prepare next year’s budget. Ms. King estimates that sales will increase 5 percent for peaches and 10 percent for oranges. The current year’s sales revenue data follow.

 

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Total

Peaches

$220,000

$240,000

$300,000

$240,000

$1,000,000

Oranges

400,000

450,000

570,000

380,000

1,800,000

Total

$620,000

$690,000

$870,000

$620,000

$2,800,000

Based on the company’s past experience, cost of goods sold is usually 60 percent of sales revenue. Company policy is to keep 20 percent of the next period’s estimated cost of goods sold as the current period’s ending inventory. (Hint: Use the cost of goods sold for the first quarter to determine the beginning inventory for the first quarter.)

Required

a Prepare the company’s sales budget for the next year for each quarter by individual product.

b If the selling and administrative expenses are estimated to be $700,000, prepare the company’s budgeted annual income statement.

c Ms. King estimates next year’s ending inventory will be $34,000 for peaches and $56,000 for oranges. Prepare the company’s inventory purchases budgets for the next year showing quarterly figures by product.

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