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Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The co

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Question

Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The company’s balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:

258,000

387,200

104,750

387,200

  

  

Sales are budgeted at $240,000 for May. Of these sales, $72,000 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.

Purchases of inventory are expected to total $118,000 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.

Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $93,500, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $2,400 for the month.

The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $160 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

During May, the company will borrow $26,600 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

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

2. Prepare a cash budget for May.

3. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

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

Minden Company
Balance Sheet
April 30 Assets   Cash $ 16,700   Accounts receivable 75,500   Inventory 37,000   Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation

258,000

  Total assets $

387,200

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   Accounts payable $ 86,750   Note payable 15,700   Common stock 180,000   Retained earnings

104,750

  Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $

387,200

Explanation / Answer

1) Expected cash collection from sales

Cash disbursements

2) Cash budget for may

Budgeted income statement

Less:COGS

(37,000 +118,000 - 31,500)

Budgeted balance sheet

Cash sales for May $72,000 Credit sales collected May 84,000 April 75,500 Total cash receipts $231,500