Randall Company is a merchandising company that sells a single product. The company's inventories, production, and sales

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Randall Company is a merchandising company that sells a single product. The company's inventories, production, and sales in units for the next three months have been forecasted as follows: October Beginning Inventory 10,000 Merchandise Purchases 60,000 Sales - 60,000 Ending Inventory - 10,000 November Beginning Inventory 10,000 Merchandise Purchases 70,000 Sales - 70,000 Ending Inventory - 10,000 December Beginning Inventory 10,000 Merchandise Purchases 35,000 Sales - 40,000 Ending Inventory - 5,000 Units are sold for $12 each. One fourth of all sales are paid for in the month of sale and the balance are paid for in the following month. Accounts receivable at September 30 totaled $450,000. Assume it will collected in full. Merchandise is purchased for $7 per unit. Half of the purchases are paid for in the month of the purchase and the remainder is paid for in the month following purchase. Selling and administrative expenses are expected to total $120,000 each month. One half of these expenses will be paid in the month in which they are incurred and the balance will be paid in the following month. There is no depreciation. Accounts payable at September 30 totaled $290,000. Cash at September 30 totaled $80,000. A payment of $300,000 for purchase of equipment is scheduled for November, and a dividend of $200,000 is to be paid in December. a. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for each of the months of October, November, and December. b. Prepare a schedule showing expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases and selling and administrative expenses for each of the months October, November, and December. c. Prepare a cash budget for each of the months October, November, and December. There is no minimum required ending cash balance.
Ending Inventory
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula                Ending Inventory Formula =...
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable (AP) are bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.This is a standard accounting term, one of the most common liabilities, which normally appears in the balance sheet listing of liabilities. Businesses receive...
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
Cash Budget
A cash budget is an estimation of the cash flows for a business over a specific period of time. These cash inflows and outflows include revenues collected, expenses paid, and loans receipts and payment.  Its primary purpose is to provide the...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 9780073526706

12th Edition

Authors: Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer

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