TB MC Qu. 8-198 The Puyer Corporation makes ... The Puyer Corporation makes and sells only one product called a Deb. The company is in the process of preparing its Selling and Administrative Expense Budget for next year. The following budget data are available: Monthly Fixed Cost Variable Cost Per Deb Sold Sales commissions $ 1.02 Shipping $ 1.52 Advertising $ 51,200 $ 0.32 Executive salaries $ 61,200 Depreciation on office equipment $ 21,200 Other $ 41,200 All of these expenses (except depreciation) are paid in cash in the month they are incurred. If the company has budgeted to sell 16,200 Debs in February, then the total budgeted fixed selling and administrative expenses for February is:

The Puyer Corporation

The total budgeted fixed selling and administrative expenses for February is:

$174,800

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Advertising                                       $ 51,200

Executive salaries                            $ 61,200

Depreciation on office equipment $ 21,200

Other                                               $ 41,200

Total fixed selling & admin. exp.   $174,800

b) The Puyer Corporation's fixed selling and administrative expenses are always fixed in total but not per unit of Deb within the short-term because they do not depend on Deb's volume of production or sale.  They are unlike the variable aspect of expenses that are fixed per unit of Deb but vary in total.  Those expenses which do not vary with the level or volume of sales or production activity of Deb are regarded as fixed because the level or volume of sales or production activity of Deb does not change their totals.  But, in the long-term, Puyer's fixed expenses will vary in total as well as per unit of Deb produced or sold.