Question

The Year 1 selling expense budget for Apple Corporation is as follows:

Budgeted sales $275,000
Selling costs:
Delivery expenses $ 2,750
Commission expenses 5,500
Advertising expenses 2,500
Office expenses 1,500
Miscellaneous expenses 5,300
Total $17,550
Delivery and commission expenses vary proportionally with budgeted sales in dollars. Advertising and office expenses are fixed. Miscellaneous expenses include $2,000 of fixed costs. The rest varies with budgeted sales in dollars. The budgeted sales for Year 2 are $330,000.
What will be the value of miscellaneous expenses in the Year 2 selling expense budget?
A. $6,200
B. $4,200
C. $3,600
D. $3,960

Answer 1

$5,960

Step-by-step explanation:

Fixed portion of Miscellaneous expenses = $2,000

Variable portion of Miscellaneous expenses = ($5,300 - $2,000) / $275,000

= $3,300 / $275,000

= $0.012 of sales

Miscellaneous expenses in the Year 2 selling expense budget = (Budgeted sales * Variable portion) + Fixed portion

= ($330,000 * $0.012) + $2,000

= $3,960 + $2,000

= $5,960