Calculating Payments The Thakor Corporation’s purchases from suppliers in a quarter are equal to 75 percent of the next quarter’s forecast sales. The payables period is 60 days. Wages, taxes, and other expenses are 20 percent of sales, and interest and dividends are $73 per quarter. No capital expenditures are planned.

Here are the projected quarterly sales:

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Sales $1,320 $1,490 $1,380 $1,190 Sales for the first quarter of the following year are projected at $1,450. Calculate the company’s cash outlays by completing the following:

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Payment of accounts Wages, taxes, and other expenses Long-term financing expenses

(interest and dividends)

Total