Suppose Congress enacts a tax reform law, and the average federal tax rate drops from 30% to 20%. Researchers investigate the impact of the tax cut and find that the income subject to the tax increases from $600 billion to $650 billion. The theoretical explanation is that workers have increased their work effort in response to the incentive of lower taxes.

Croy inc. has the following projected sales for the next five months: month sales in units april 3,850 may 3,875 june 4,260 july 4,135 august 3,590 croy’s finished goods inventory policy is to have 60 percent of the next month’s sales on hand at the end of each month. direct material costs $2.50 per pound, and each unit requires 2 pounds. raw materials inventory policy is to have 50 percent of the next month’s production needs on hand at the end of each month. raw materials on hand at march 31 totaled 3,741 pounds. 1. determine budgeted production for april, may, and june. 2. determine the budgeted cost of materials purchased for april, may, and june. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)