BUACC 2613
Management Accounting 1
Semester 2, 2014
Assignment
Contribution to overall assessment: 25%
Due date: 26/09/2014
• This assignment has two parts:
o Part 1 – Technical
o Part 2 – Essay ( 1800 – 2000 word)
• The assessment criteria are on p. 5.
Please note: your work must comply with the University’s General Guide for the Presentation of Academic Work.
Useful links: http://federation.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/164121/FedUni-General-Guide-to-Referencing-2014.pdf
http://federation.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/190044/2014-General-Guide-to-Writing-and-Study-Skills.pdf
This is a group-assignment. Each group needs to have 2 to 3 members in it. Please organise yourselves into groups. Please make sure that names and ID numbers of all members are stated on the cover sheet of your submission.
As this is a group assignment, each member of your group is awarded the same mark. As we know, working in groups has its pros and cons. I am sure that you will hold constructive and energetic discussions on the issues at hand. In case of any disagreements, you will be able to resolve them in a democratic and rational way. There will be times when you may have to agree to disagree with each other. Invariably different group members bring different skills to a project; it is up to you to make the best of it. I believe one can learn a lot by discussing the issues with one’s colleagues.
If you happen to find your group members are “not pulling their weight” or there are problems with any member’s commitment, then please try to resolve those issues amongst yourselves. Open and honest communication always helps. If you are unable to resolve these issues, you are most welcome to see me and we will try to sort out the problems together. Do this as soon as possible and certainly before the due date.
PART 1
Carlton Ltd operates at capacity and makes glass-topped dining tables and wooden chairs which are then typically sold as sets of four chairs with one table. However, some customers purchase replacement or extra chairs and others buy some chairs or a table only, so the sales mix is not exactly 4:1. The company is planning its annual budget for the financial year 2015. The following information has been compiled for the budgetary process:
Input prices
Direct materials
Wood $6.40 per board metre
Glass $12 per sheet
Direct manufacturing labour $15 per direct manufacturing labour-hour
Input quantities per unit of output Chairs Tables
Direct materials
Wood 1.25 board metres 1.75 board metres
Glass - 2 sheets
Direct manufacturing labour 4 hours 8 hours
Machine-hours (MH) 3 MH 5MH
Inventory information, direct materials Wood Glass
Beginning inventory 27,300 board metres 8,750 sheets
Target ending inventory 29,375 board metres 9,000 sheets
Cost of beginning inventory $170,352 $109,375
Sales and inventory information, finished goods Chairs Tables
Expected sales in units 172,000 45,000
Selling price $80 $900
Target ending inventory in units 8,500 2,250
Beginning inventory in units 8,000 2,100
Beginning inventory in dollars $760,000 $477,000
• Carlton Ltd accounts for direct materials using a FIFO cost flow. It also uses a FIFO cost flow assumption for finished goods inventory.
• Chairs are manufactured in batches of 500, and tables are manufactured in batches of 50.
• It takes three hours to set up for a batch of chairs, and two hours to set up for a batch of tables.
The company uses activity-based costing and has classified all overhead costs as shown in the table below:
Cost type Budgeted variable Budgeted fixed Cost driver/allocation base
Manufacturing:
Materials handling $342,840 $600,000 Number of board metres used
Set-up 97,000 300,740 Set-up hours
Processing 789,250 5,900,000 Machine hours
Non-manufacturing:
Marketing 2,011,200 4,500,000 Sales revenue
Distribution 54,000 380,000 Number of deliveries
Delivery trucks transport units sold in delivery sizes of 500 chairs or 500 tables.
Required:
For the year 2015:
a. Prepare the sales budget.
b. Prepare the production budget in units.
c. Prepare the direct material usage budget and the direct material purchases budget.
d. Prepare the direct manufacturing labour cost budget.
e. Prepare the manufacturing overhead cost budget.
f. Prepare the budgeted unit cost of ending finished goods inventory and ending inventories budget.
g. Prepare the non-manufacturing overhead costs budget.
h. Prepare a budgeted income statement (ignore income taxes).
i. Compare the budgeted unit cost of a chair to its budgeted selling price. Why might the company continue to sell the chairs for only $80?
PART 2
Please access the 6-papers on budgeting posted on your site.
Required:
Write a critical review essay based on the above papers.
• BUACC2613 - Management Accounting 1
• Semester 2, 2014
• Group Assignment
Names: Student Numbers:
Bases of assessment HD P F
Technical component – accuracy in calculations.
Essay: evidence of research
Essay: a demonstration of critical evaluation of the issues.
Essay format: As per The General Guide for the Presentation of Academic Work
Expression - clarity, style (formal and academic), coherence in writing, grammar, punctuation, spellings and sentence structure.
Expression of your view (and not a catalogue of quotes/ others’ ideas)
A logical flow of argument at both the paragraph level and the overall text level.
Use of supporting arguments.
Use of literature to support the argument.
Referencing procedure (within the text, and at the end of the text).
Appropriately styled and punctuated bibliography.

Overall Presentation – including cover page, line spacing, page numbering.
GRADE: