Budgeting

Forecasts must be as dynamic as the business environment. That means it is not set in stone but will be routinely evaluated for necessary corrections. These sections will explain the importance of budgets and forecasting to the business. This material will enable you to explain the budgeting and forecasting process and discuss its benefits to the company.

7.2 Prepare Operating Budgets

Budgeted Income Statement

budgeted income statement is formatted similarly to a traditional income statement except that it contains budgeted data. Once all of the operating budgets have been created, these costs are used to prepare a budgeted income statement and budgeted balance sheet. The manufacturing costs are allocated to the cost of goods sold and the ending inventory.

Big Bad Bikes uses the information on direct materials (Figure 7.9), direct labor (Figure 7.10), and manufacturing overhead (Figure 7.11) to allocate the manufacturing costs between the cost of goods sold and the ending work in process inventory, as shown in (Figure 7.13).


Cost of
Goods Sold
Ending
Inventory
Total
Direct Materials $ 24,000* $7,240 $31,240
Direct Labor 90,000** 15,750 105,750
Manufacturing Overhead 112,200 19,639 131,863
Total $226,224 $42,629 $268,853
*6,000 units x 3.2 lbs/unit x $1.25/1b
**6,000 units x 0.75 hr/unit x $20/hr

Figure 7.13 Allocating Costs to Cost of Goods Sold and Ending Work in Process Inventory for Big Bad Bikes.

Once they perform this allocation, the budgeted income statement can be prepared. Big Bad Bikes estimates an interest of $954. It also estimates that $22,000 of its income will not be collected and will be reported as uncollectible expense. The budgeted income statement is shown in Figure 7.14.

BIG BAD BIKES
Budgeted Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Sales $440,000
Cost of Goods Sold 226,200
Gross Profit 213,800
Sales and Administrative Expenses 87,000
Uncollectible Expense 22,000
Income before Interest 104,800
Interest Expense 954
Income Tax 4,000
Net Income $99,846

Figure 7.14 Budgeted Income Statement for Big Bad Bikes.