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58) Craig Manufacturing Company’s budgeted income statement includes the following data:
Data extracted from budgeted income statement Mar Apr May Jun
Sales $120,000 $90,000 $95,000 $100,000
Commission expense – 15% of sales 18,000 13,500 14,250 15,000
Salary exp 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
Miscellaneous expense — 4% of sales 4,800 3,600 3,800 4,000
Rent expense 3,600 3,600 3,600 3,600
Utility expense 1,900 1,900 1,900 1,900
Insurance expense 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,100
Depreciation expense 4,400 4,400 4,400 4,400
The budget assumes that 60% of commission expenses are paid in the month they were incurred and the remaining
40% are paid one month later. In addition, 50% of salary expenses are paid in the month incurred and the remaining
50% are paid one month later. Miscellaneous expenses, rent expense and utility expenses are assumed to be paid in
the same month in which they are incurred. Insurance was prepaid for the year on January 1.
Please provide a budget of cash payments for operating expenses using the following format:
Budget of Cash Payments for Operating Expenses Apr May Jun
Variable expenses
40% of last month’s commission expense
60% of this month’s commission expense
Misc. expenses – 4% of sales
Total variable operating expenses
Fixed expenses
50% of last month‘s salary expense
50% of this month’s salary expense
Rent exp.
Utility exp.
Total payments for fixed operating expense
Total payments for operating expenses