Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The company's balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:
- Minden Company
- Balance Sheet
- April 30
Assets
- Cash $9,900
- Accounts receivable 66,000
- Inventory 33,000
- Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation 551,100
- Total assets $660,000
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
- Accounts payable $79,200
- Note payable 14,520
- Capital stock, no par 487,080
- Retained earnings 79,200
- Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $660,000
The company is in the process of preparing budget data for May. A number of budget items have already been prepared, as stated below:
a.Sales are budgeted at $280,000 for May. Of these sales, $60,000 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. One-half of a month's credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made, and the remainder is collected in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May.
b.Purchases of inventory are expected to total $198,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. Forty percent of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during May.