Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales


Problem

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

11,400

Accounts receivable

75,000

Inventory

41,000

Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation

224,000

Total assets

351,400

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

Accounts payable

70,000

Note payable

15,500

Common stock

180,000

Retained earnings

85,900

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

351,400

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

a. Sales are budgeted at $220,000 for May. Of these sales, $66,000 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 $128,000 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.

c. The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $56,000.

d. Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $86,000, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $6,750 for the month.

e. The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $565 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

f. New refrigerating equipment costing $6,700 will be purchased for cash during May.

g. During May, the company will borrow $25,300 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

Required:

1-a. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales and a schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases.

1-b. Prepare a cash budget for May. (Cash deficiency, repayments and interest should be indicated by a minus sign.)

2. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

3. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of May 31.

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