Petrini Corporation makes one product and it provided the following information

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Petrini Corporation makes one product and it provided the following information to help prepare the master budget for the next four months of operations:

The budgeted selling price per unit is $110. Budgeted unit sales for January, February, March, and April are 7,500, 10,600, 12,000, and 11,700 units, respectively. All sales are on credit.

Regarding credit sales, 30% are collected in the month of the sale and 70% in the following month.

The ending finished goods inventory equals 30% of the following month's sales.

The ending raw materials inventory equals 10% of the following month’s raw materials production needs. Each unit of finished goods requires 5 pounds of raw materials. The raw materials cost $4.00 per pound.

Regarding raw materials purchases, 40% are paid for in the month of purchase and 60% in the following month.

The direct labor wage rate is $23.00 per hour. Each unit of finished goods requires 2.6 direct labor-hours.

Manufacturing overhead is entirely variable and is $8.00 per direct labor-hour.

The variable selling and administrative expense per unit sold is $1.70. The fixed selling and administrative expense per month is $70,000.

The estimated direct labor cost for February is closest to:

Explanation / Answer

Units produced In Feb Units sold 10600 Estimated desired ending inventory [12000*.30] 3600 less:Beginning finished goods inventory [10600*.30] -3180 units produced iN feb 11020 Direct labor hours per unit 2.6 Total direct labor hours 11020*2.6= 28652 Direct labor cost for Feb [28652*23] 658,996

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