Learning Outcomes
- Prepare a cost of goods sold budget
The cost of goods sold budget establishes the forecast for the inventory expense and is usually one of the largest expenses on an income statement. A cost of goods sold budget would not be necessary for a service company since they do not sell a product. Management must now prepare a schedule to forecast the cost of goods sold, the next major amount in the planned operating budget. We need to understand the costs for making the product. GelSoft has the following costs:
Direct Materials | $ 7.48 per unit (0.68 kg * $11) |
Direct Labor | $ 10.00 per unit (0.25 hrs * $40) |
Variable Overhead | $ 1.20 per unit |
Fixed Overhead | $ 3.80 per unit ($602,694/39,651 hours * 0.25 hours/unit) |
The variable and fixed overhead allocations can be combined to one $5.00 rate that is 0.25 * the $20 combined allocation per hour because each unit takes ¼ hour of labor.
The total combined cost per unit would then be $7.48 +$10.00 + $5.00 = $22.48 cost per unit.
As with all of the other components of the operating budget so far, the cost of goods sold budget is driven by the sales budget in units. Let’s assume the company is using a First-In, First-Out (FIFO) assumption for finished goods inventory and that the unit cost of beginning inventory is $20, so the 30,000 units in beginning inventory carry a cost basis of $600,000.
All of the units produced in the current year carry a cost basis of $22.48 per unit.
Description | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sales in Units | 40,000 | 42,000 | 44,100 | 46,305 | 172,405 |
Less: Beginning inventory sold | 30,000 | 30,000 | |||
Current product sold | Single Line10,000Double line | Single Line42,000Double line | Single Line44,100Double line | Single Line46,305Double line | Single Line142,405Double line |
Cost of beginning inventory sold @$20 | $ 600,000 | $ – | $ – | $ – | $ 600,000 |
Cost of current product sold @$22.48 | 224,800 | 944,160 | 991,368 | 1,040,936 | 3,201,264 |
Single Line$ 824,800Double line | Single Line$ 944,160Double line | Single Line$ 991,368Double line | Single Line$ 1,040,936Double line | Single Line$ 3,801,264Double line |
For a bit more information on how cost of goods sold is calculated, watch this video:
You can view the transcript for “Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)” here (opens in new window).
After managers forecast cost of goods sold, they prepare a separate budget for all selling and administrative expenses. First, check your understanding of calculating cost of goods sold based on the sales and production schedules.
Practice Question
Candela Citations
- Operating Budget. Authored by: Joseph Cooke. Provided by: Lumen Learning. License: CC BY: Attribution
- Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective. Authored by: James Don Edwards, University of Georgia & Roger H. Hermanson, Georgia State University. Provided by: Endeavour International Corporation. Project: The Global Text Project. License: CC BY: Attribution
- Cost of Goods Sold (COGS). Authored by: Corporate Finance Institute. Located at: https://youtu.be/bv8N9LDVWV4. License: All Rights Reserved. License Terms: Standard YouTube License