Reference no: EM132593710

Unicorn Sdn. Bhd. manufacture single product. The management accountant is preparing quarterly budgets for year 2015. The following information is available:

1) The sales volume is forecast to be 10,000 units for January. This is expected to grow by 200 units a month. The selling price is RM2.00 per unit.

2) The firm's inventory policy is to hold enough units of finished goods at the end of each month to cover 40 per cent of the forecast sales for the next month. Each unit of finished goods requires 3kg of raw material, which costs RM0.15 per kg, and 0.1 hours of direct labour, which costs RM7.50 per hour. The opening finished goods inventory at the start of January is forecast to be 3,000 units.

3) The company's inventory policy is to hold enough raw material at the end of each month to meet 30 per cent of the forecast production for the following month. The opening raw material inventory in January is forecast to be 11,000kg.

Required:

Question 1: Using the information given, you as an assistant of management accountant is required to prepare budgets for the month of January, February and March 2015 for:

(i) sales budget

(ii) production budget

(iii) material budget

(iv) labour budget.