Optima Company is a high-technology organization that produces a mass storage system

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Optima Company is a high-technology organization that produces a mass storage system. The design of Optimas system is unique and represents a breakthrough in the industry. The units Optima produces combine positive features of both compact and hard disks. The company is completing its fifth year of operations and is preparing to build its master budget for the coming year (2014). The budget will detail each quarters activity and the activity for the year is total. The master budget will be based on the following information:
a. Fourth-quarter sales for 2013 are 55,000 units.
b. Unit sales by quarter for 2014 are projected as follows:
First quarter 65,000
Second quarter 70,000
Third quarter 75,000
Fourth quarter 90,000

The selling price is $400 per unit. All sales are credit sales. Optima collects 85 percent of all sales within the quarter in which they are realized; the other 15% in the following quarter. There are no bad debts.
c. There is no beginning inventory of finished goods. Optima is planning the following ending finished goods inventories for each quarter.
First quarter 13,000 units
Second quarter 15,000 units
Third quarter 20,000 units
Fourth quarter 10,000 units

d. Each mass storage unit uses five hours of direct labor and three units of direct materials. Laborers are paid $10 per hour, and one unit of direct materials costs $80.
e. There are 65,700 units of direct materials in beginning inventory as of January 1, 2014. At the end of each quarter, Optima plans to have 30 percent of the direct materials needed for next quarters unit sales. Optima will end the year with the same level of direct materials found in this years beginning inventory.
f. Optima buys direct materials on account. Half of the purchases are paid for in the quarter of acquisition, and the remaining half are paid for in the following quarter. Wages and salaries and salaries are paid on the 15th and 30th of each month.
g. Fixed overhead totals $1 million each quarter. Of this total, $350,000 represents depreciation. All other fixed expenses are paid for in cash in the quarter incurred. The fixed overhead rate is computed by dividing the years total fixed overhead by the years budgeted production in units.
h. Variable overhead is budgeted at $6 per direct labor hour. All variable overhead expenses are paid for in the quarter incurred.
i. Fixed selling and administrative expenses total $250,000 per quarter including $50,000 depreciation.
j. Variable selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at $10 per unit sold. All selling and administrative expenses are paid for in the quarter incurred.
k. The balance sheet as of December 31, 2013, is as follows:

Assets
Cash $ 250,000
Direct materials inventory 5,256,000
Accounts receivable 3,300,000
Plant and equipment, net 33,500,000
Total assets $42,306,000

Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Accounts payable $ 7,248,000*
Capital stock 27,000,000
Retained earnings 8,058,000
Total liabilities and stockholders equity $42,306,000
*For purchase of direct materials only

l. Optima will pay quarterly dividends of $300,000. At the end of the fourth quarter, $2 million
of equipment will be purchased.

Required:
Prepare a master budget for Optima Company for each quarter of 2012 and for the year in total. The following component budgets must be included:

1. Sales budget
2. Production budget
3. Direct materials purchase budget
4. Direct labor budget