Mitchell Company had the following budgeted sales for the last half of last year
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Question
Mitchell Company had the following budgeted sales for the last half of last year: The company is in the process of preparing a cash budget and must determine the expected cash collections by month. To this end, the following Information has been assembled: Collections on credit sales: 50% in month of sales 45% in month of following sales 5% in second month following sales Assume that the accounts receivable balance on July 1 was $69,000. Of this amount, $50,000 represented uncollected June sales and $19,000 represented uncollected May sales. Given these data, the total cash collected during July would be: $204,000 $243,000 $269,000 $100,000Explanation / Answer
July
August
September
May
$19000
June
$55000
July
$80000
$72000
$8000
$144000
Total cash collected during july would be = cash sales collection + collection from creditors (credit sales)
= $60000 + $144000
= $204000
ANSWER = A) 204000
July
August
September
May
$19000
June
$55000
July
$80000
$72000
$8000
$144000