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Flexible Budget for Selling and Administrative Expenses for a Service Company Cl

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Question

Flexible Budget for Selling and Administrative Expenses for a Service Company

Cloud Productivity Inc. uses flexible budgets that are based on the following data:

Prepare a flexible selling and administrative expenses budget for March for sales volumes of $400,000, $500,000, and $600,000. (Use Exhibit 5 as a model.)

Sales commissions 14% of sales Advertising expense 20% of sales Miscellaneous administrative expense $5,500 per month plus 12% of sales Office salaries expense $30,000 per month Customer support expenses $13,000 per month plus 20% of sales Research and development expense $30,000 per month

Explanation / Answer

Dear Student Thank you for using Chegg Please find below the answer Statementshowing Computations Cloud Productivity Inc. Flexible Selling and Administrative Expenses Budget For the Month Ending March 31 Total sales $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 Variable costs: Sales commissions            56,000.00        70,000.00        84,000.00 Advertising expense            80,000.00      100,000.00      120,000.00 Miscellaneous administrative expense            48,000.00        60,000.00        72,000.00 Customer support expenses            80,000.00      100,000.00      120,000.00 Total variable cost          264,000.00      330,000.00      396,000.00 Fixed costs: Miscellaneous administrative expense               5,500.00           5,500.00           5,500.00 Office salaries expense            30,000.00        30,000.00        30,000.00 Customer support expenses            13,000.00        13,000.00        13,000.00 Research and development expense            30,000.00        30,000.00        30,000.00 Total fixed cost            78,500.00        78,500.00        78,500.00 Total selling and administrative expenses          342,500.00      408,500.00      474,500.00