Question: Bries Corporation is preparing its cash budget for January. The budgeted beginning cash balance is $28,000. Budgeted cash receipts total $183,000 and budgeted cash disbursements total $185,000. The desired ending cash balance is $44,000.
The excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements for January is:
$211,000
$26,000
($5,000)
$213,000