Memphis Company’s May sales budget calls for sales of $900,000. The store expects to begin May with $50,000 of inventory and to end the month with $55,000 of inventory. Gross margin is typically 45% of sales. Compute the budgeted cost of merchandise purchases for May. please explain

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Memphis Company’s May sales budget calls for sales of $900,000. The store expects to begin May with $50,000 of inventory and to end the month with $55,000 of inventory. Gross margin is typically 45% of sales. Compute the budgeted cost of merchandise purchases for May. please explain

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Budgeted cost of merchandise purchases

Budgeted Cost of Sales = Sales x (1 – Gross Margin %)

= 900,000 x (1-0.45)

= 900,000 x .55

= $ 495,000

Budgeted Purchases = Budgeted Cost Of Sales + (Net Change In Inventory)
Budgeted Purchases = 495,000 + (50,000 – 55,000)

= 495,000 -5,000

= 490,000.

budgeted cost of merchandise purchases =490,000

explaination

budgeted cost of purchases is an operational component of master budget. It is prepared to calculate the manufacturing costs that are expected to be incurred on budgeted finished goods.we Calculte Cost of goods sold and add purchase and deduct sales from it what we get is budgeted cost of merchandise purchases

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