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Which of the following items is the last schedule to be prepared in the normal budget preparation process?

The internal rate of return (IRR) is the

The question below is based on the following information. Chem King uses a standard costing system in the manufacture of its single product. The 35,000 units of raw material purchased and used cost $105,000, and two units of raw material are required to produce one unit of final product. In November, the company produced 12,000 units of product. The flexible budget for material was $60,000, and there was an unfavorable static budget variance of $35,000.  Chem King’s standard price for one unit of material is

Cook Co.’s total costs of operating five sales offices last year were $500,000, of which $70,000 represented fixed costs. Cook has determined that total costs are significantly influenced by the number of sales offices operated. Last year’s costs and number of sales offices can be used as the bases for predicting annual costs. What would be the budgeted cost for the coming year if Cook were to operate seven sales offices?

Mien Co. is budgeting sales of 53,000 units of product Nous for October. The manufacture of one unit of Nous requires 4 kilos of chemical Loire. During October, Mien plans to reduce the inventory of Loire by 50,000 kilos and increase finished goods inventory of Nous by 6,000 units. There is no Nous work-in-process inventory. How many kilos of Loire is Mien budgeting to purchase in October?

Controllable costs

This question and the previous question is based on the following information. Soard, Inc. manufactures a product that has the direct materials standard presented below. Budgeted and actual information for the current month for the manufacture of the finished product and the purchase and use of the direct materials is also presented.  Standard cost for direct materials: 1.60 lb. @ $2.50 per lb.                                                                                                            Budget               Actual Finished goods (in units)                                                                     30,000               32,000 Direct materials usage (in pounds)                                                         ?                    51,000 Direct materials purchases (in pounds)                                               48,000              50,000 Total cost of direct materials purchases                                                  ?                 120,000 Soard’s direct materials efficiency variance for the current month is:

The net income reported on the income statement for the year was $55,000, and depreciation of fixed assets for the year was $22,000. The balance of the current asset and current liability accounts at the beginning and end of the year are as follows:                                                                              End of Year        Beginning of Year Cash                                                                      $ 65,000                   $ 70,000 Accounts receivable                                                100,000                     90,000 Inventories                                                               145,000                   150,000 Prepaid expenses                                                       7,500                        8,000 Accounts payable (trade)                                          51,000                      58,000  The total amount reported for cash flows from operating activities in the statement of cash flows, using the indirect method is:

One machine costing $1,000 produces total cash inflows of $1,400 over 4 years. Determine the payback period given the following cash flows:                                                                            After-Tax                Cumulative                                                            Year     Cash Flows            Cash Flows                                                              1              $400                         $ 400                                                             2                300                           700                                                             3                500                         1,200                                                              4                200                         1,400

If there were 60,000 pounds of raw materials on hand on January 1, 120,000 pounds are desired for inventory at January 31, and 410,000 pounds are required for January production, how many pounds of raw materials should be purchased in January?