The company sells many styles of earrings, but all are sold for the asame price-
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Question
The company sells many styles of earrings, but all are sold for the asame price-$10 per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last 3 months and budgeted sales for the next 6 months follow. (in pairs of earings)
January (actual) 20,000 June (budget) 50,000
Febuary (actual) 26,000 July (budget) 30,000
March (actual) 40,000 August (budget) 28,000
April (budget) 65,000 September (budget) 25,000
May (budget) 100,000
Sufficient inventory should be on hand at the end of each month to supply 40% of the earrings sold in the following month. Suppliers are paid $4 for a pair of earrings. One half of a months purcheses are paid for in the month of purches; the other half is paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit, with no discount, and payable within 15 days. The company has found, however, that only 20% of the months sales are collected in the month of sale. An additional 70% is collected in the following month, and the remaining 10% is collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts have been negligible. Monthly operating expenses for the company are given below:
Variable:
Sales commision: 4% of sales
Fixed:
Advertising: $200,00
Rent: $18,000
Salaries: $106,000
Utilities: $7,000
Insurance: $3,000
Depreciation: $14,000
Insurence is paid on an annual basis, in november of each year. The company plans to purches $16,000 in new equipment during May and $40,000 in new equipment during June: both purcheses will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $15,000 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter. A listing of the company's ledger accounts as of March 31st is given below:
Assets
Cash: $74,000
Accounts recievable ($26,000 Febuary sales; $320,000 March Sales): 346,000
Inventory: 104,000
Prepaid Insurance: 21,000
Property and equipment (net): 950,000
Total Assets: $1,495,000
Liabilities and stockholder equity
Accounts payable: $100,000
Dividends payable: $15,000
Common stock: 800,000
Retained Earnings: 580,000
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity: $1,495,000
The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $50,000. All borrowing is done at the beginning of the month; any repayments are made at the end of the month.
he company has an agreement with a bank that allows the company to borrow in increments of $1,000 at the beginning of each month. The interest rate on these loans is !% per month and for simplicity we will assume that interest is not compounded. At the end of the quarter , the company would pay the bank all of the accumulated interest on the loan and as much of the loan as possible (in increments of $1,000). While still retaining at least $50,000 in cash.
Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30th. Include the following detailed budgets:
1.) a. A sales budget, by month and in total.
b. A schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month nad in total
c. A merchandise purcheses budget in units and in dollars. show the budget by month and in total.
d. A schedule of expwected cash disbursment for murchendise purcheses, by month and in total
2.) A cash budget. Show the budget by month and in total. Determine any borrowing that would be needed to maintain the minimum cash balance of $50,000.
3.) A budget incom statement for the 3 month period ending June 30th. Use the contribution approach.
4.) A budgeted balance sheet as of June 30th.
Explanation / Answer
Answer:1 A)
Answer: 1 B)
Answer: 1 C)
Answer: 1 D)
Answer:2
Interest calculation:
1010000*1%*3 = 30300
1320000*1%*2 = 26400
1492000*1%*1 = 14920
Total interest = 71620
Answer: 3
Sales budget April May June Quarter Budgeted sales in units 65000 100000 50000 215000 Selling price per unit $ 10.00 $ 10.00 $ 10.00 $ 10.00 Total sales $ 6,50,000.00 $ 10,00,000.00 $ 5,00,000.00 $ 21,50,000.00