I need help creating a master budget! Can you help me with the Selling and Administrative Expenses Budget?

Master Budget GGC, Inc. is a business that manufactures and sells a single product, call a Diploma. Their fiscal year end is December 31. Before eloping to Las Vegas to get married by \"Elvis\" and, then moving to Tahiti, the former senior accountant spent tireless hours working on GGC, Inc.'s Master Budget. But, all we managed to find when cleaning out his office were some notes he was using ... but no Master Budget. You've have now been hired on as the Senior Accountant, and your first job is to create a Master Budget using the previous accountant's notes. Their sales forecast consisted of these few lines: For the year ended December 31, 2016: 475,000 units at $10.00 each* For the year ended December 31, 2017: 500,000 units at $10.00 each For the year ended December 31, 2018: 500,000 units at $10.00 each *Expected sales for the year ended December 31, 2016 are based on actual sales to date and budgeted sales for the duration of the year. 1. Peak months for sales correspond with gift-giving holidays. History shows that January, March, May and June are the slowest months with only 1% of sales for each month. Sales pick up over the summer with July, August and September each contributing 2% to the total. Valentines Day in February boosts sales to 5%, and Easter in April accounts for 10%. As Christmas shopping picks up momentum, winter sales start at 15% in October, move to 20% in November and then peak at 40% in December. This pattern of sales is not expected to change in the next two years. 2. From previous experience, management has determined that an ending inventory equal to 25% of the next month's sales is required to fit the buyer's demands. 3. Because sales are seasonal, GGC, Inc. must rent an additional storage facility from September to December to house the additional inventory on hand. The only related cost is a flat $20,000 per month, payable at the beginning of the month. 4. There is only one type of raw material used in the production of the diplomas. Space-age paper (SAP) is a very light-weight material that is purchased in reams and then bound together. Each diploma requires 5 pounds of SAP, at a cost of $0.45 per pound. The supplier of SAP tends to be somewhat erratic so GGC, Inc. finds it necessary to maintain an inventory balance equal to 40% of the following month's production needs as a precaution against stock-outs. GGC, Inc. pays for 20% of a month's purchases in the month of purchase, 45% in the following month and the remaining 35% two months after the month of purchase. There is no early payment discount. 5. Beginning accounts payable will consist of $208,406.50 arising from the following estimated direct material purchases for November and December of 2016: SAP purchases in November 2016: SAP purchases in December 2016: $223,875.00 $162,563.50 6. GGC, Inc.'s manufacturing process is highly automated, so their direct labour cost is low. Employees are paid on a per unit basis. Their total pay each month is, therefore, dependent on production volumes and averages $9.00 per hour. This rate already includes the employer's portion of employee benefits. All payroll costs are paid in the period in which they are incurred. Each unit spends a total of 18 minutes in production. 7. Due to the similarity of the equipment in each of the production stages and the company's concentration on a single product, manufacturing overhead is allocated based on volume (i.e. the units produced). The unit variable overhead manufacturing rate is $1.30, consisting of: Utilities--$0.60; Indirect Materials--$0.20; Plant maintenance--$0.30; environmental fee--$0.14; and Other--$0.06. 8. The fixed manufacturing overhead costs for the entire year are as follows: Training and development Property and business taxes Supervisor's salary Amortization on equipment Insurance Other $ 43,200 39,000 149,400 178,800 96,000 117,600 $ 624,000 The property and business taxes are paid on June 30 of each year. The expected payment for next year is $39,600. The annual insurance premium is paid at the beginning of September each year. There should be no change in the premium from last year. All other \"cash-related\" fixed manufacturing overhead costs are incurred evenly over the year and paid as incurred. GGC, Inc. uses the straight line method of amortization. 9. Selling and administrative expenses are known to be a mixed cost; however, there is a lot of uncertainty about the portion that is fixed. Previous year's experience has provided the following information: Lowest level of sales: Highest level of sales: 375,000 units 750,000 units Total Operating Expenses: $778,710 Total Operating Expenses: $1,026,210 These costs are paid in the month in which they occur. Not included in the above expenses is bad debt expense. 10. Sales are on a cash and credit basis, with 55% collected during the month of the sale, 35% the following month, and 9.5% the month thereafter. of 1% of sales are considered uncollectible (bad debt expense). 11. Sales in November and December 2016 are expected to be $700,000 and $1,500,000 respectively. Based on the above collection pattern this will result in Accounts Receivable of $734,000 at December 31, 2016 which will be collected in January and February, 2017. 12. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, GGC, Inc. will be required to make monthly income tax installment payments of $5,000. Outstanding income taxes from the year ended December 31, 2016 must be paid in April 2017. Income tax expense is estimated to be 25% of net income. Income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2017, in excess of installment payments, will be paid in April, 2018. 13. GGC, Inc. is planning to acquire additional manufacturing equipment for $204,300 cash. 40% of this amount is to be paid in November 2017, the rest, in December 2017. The manufacturing overhead costs shown above already include the amortization on this equipment. 14. GGC, Inc. has a policy of paying dividends at the end of each quarter. The president tells you that the board of directors is planning on continuing their policy of declaring dividends of $50,000 per quarter. 15. A listing of the estimated balances in the company's ledger accounts as of December 31, 2016 is given below: Assets Cash Accounts receivable Inventory-raw materials Inventory-finished goods Prepaid Insurance Prepaid property and business taxes Capital assets (net) Total assets $ 83,365 734,000 9,000 9,125 64,000 19,200 724,000 $1,642,690 Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity Accounts payable $ 208,407 Income taxes payable 21,500 Capital stock 1,000,000 Retained Earnings 412,783 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $1,642,690 Required: 1. Prepare a first quarter monthly master budget for GGC, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2017, including the following schedules