1.You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of earrings to various retail outlets located in shopping malls across the country. In the past, the company has done very little in the way of budgeting and at certain times of the year has experienced a shortage of cash. Since you are well trained in budgeting, you have decided to prepare a master budget for the upcoming second quarter. To this end, you have worked with accounting and other areas to gather the information assembled below.

The company sells many styles of earrings, but all are sold for the same price—$16 per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last three months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow (in pairs of earrings):

January (actual)	23,400	June (budget)	53,400
February (actual)	29,400	July (budget)	33,400
March (actual)	43,400	August (budget)	31,400
April (budget)	68,400	September (budget)	28,400
May (budget)	103,400

The concentration of sales before and during May is due to Mother’s Day. 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 $5.70 for a pair of earrings. One-half of a month’s purchases is paid for in the month of purchase; the other half is paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit. Only 20% of a month’s 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 commissions	4	% of sales
Fixed:
Advertising	$ 370,000
Rent	$ 35,000
Salaries	$ 140,000
Utilities	$ 15,500
Insurance	$ 4,700
Depreciation	$ 31,000

Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year.

The company plans to purchase $24,500 in new equipment during May and $57,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $27,750 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter.

The company’s balance sheet as of March 31 is given below:

Assets
Cash	$ 91,000
Accounts receivable ($47,040 February sales; $555,520 March sales)	602,560
Inventory	155,952
Prepaid insurance	29,500
Property and equipment (net)	1,120,000
Total assets	$ 1,999,012
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$ 117,000
Dividends payable	27,750
Common stock	1,140,000
Retained earnings	714,262
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 1,999,012

The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $67,000. All borrowing is done at the beginning of a month; any repayments are made at the end of a month.

The 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 1% 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 $67,000 in cash.

Required:

Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30. Include the following detailed schedules:

1. a. A sales budget, by month and in total.

b. A schedule of expected cash collections, by month and in total.

c. A merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in total.

d. A schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases, 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 $67,000.

3. A budgeted income statement for the three-month period ending June 30. Use the contribution approach.

4. A budgeted balance sheet as of June 30.

2.

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

Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30
Assets
Cash	$ 10,000
Accounts receivable	62,750
Inventory	32,750
Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation	219,000
Total assets	$ 324,500
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$ 69,000
Note payable	22,700
Common stock	180,000
Retained earnings	52,800
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 324,500

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

Sales are budgeted at $254,000 for May. Of these sales, $76,200 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 $137,000 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.

The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $45,000.

Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $98,400, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $5,550 for the month.

The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $350 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

New refrigerating equipment costing $8,700 will be purchased for cash during May.

During May, the company will borrow $27,400 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

Required:

1. Calculate the expected cash collections from customers for May.

2. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for May.

3. Prepare a cash budget for May.

4. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

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

3.

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

Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30
Assets
Cash	$ 9,400
Accounts receivable	78,500
Inventory	44,000
Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation	221,000
Total assets	$ 352,900
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$ 72,000
Note payable	19,700
Common stock	180,000
Retained earnings	81,200
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 352,900

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

Sales are budgeted at $256,000 for May. Of these sales, $76,800 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 $188,000 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.

The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $83,000.

Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $91,500, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $4,000 for the month.

The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $435 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

New refrigerating equipment costing $7,000 will be purchased for cash during May.

During May, the company will borrow $23,100 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

Required:

1. Calculate the expected cash collections from customers for May.

2. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for May.

3. Prepare a cash budget for May.

4. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

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