5. Cash budget Conroy Company's financial managers are meeting with the company's bank to renew their line of credit and discuss their investment needs. They have prepared the company's operating cash budget for the last six months of the year The following budget assumptions were used to construct the budget: .Conroy's total sales for each month were first calculated in the sales budget and are reflected on the first line of the cash budget. .Conroy's sales are made on credit with terms of 2/10, net 30. Conroy's experience is that 15% is collected from customers who take advantage of the discount, 75 % is collected in the second month, and the last 10 % is collected in the third month after the sale. The budget assumes that there are no bad debts. The cost of materials averages 50 % of Conroy's finished product. The purchases are generally made one month in advance of the sale, and Conroy pays its suppliers in 30 days. Accordingly, if July sales are forecasted at $99.00 million, then purchases during June would be $49.50 ($99.00 million x 50 % ) , and this amount would be paid in July. Other cash expenses include wages and salaries at 16 % of monthly sales, monthly rent of $36.00 million, and other expenses equal to S% of monthly sales. Estimated tax payments of $175.50 million and $185.40 million are required to be paid on July 15 and October 15, respectively. In addition, a $900.00 million payment for a new plant must be made in September. Assume that Conroy's tareted cash balance is $145.99 million, and the estimated cash on hand on July 1 is $145.99 million Use the preceding information to fill in the missing amounts in the following cash budget for the period of July 1st to December 31st. Conroy Company ($ millions) Cash Budget Dec Oct Nov May Jun Jul Aug Sep Credit sales $99.00 $85.50 $88.20 $92.70 $94.50 $97.20 $90.00 $90.90 Credit 49.50 45.00 47.25 48.60 46.35 purchases Jul Oct Nov Dec Aug Sep Cash receipts Collections from 13.36 13.63 13.89 14.29 14.55 this month's sales Collections from 67.50 68.18 69.53 70.88 72.90 previous month's sales Collections from 8.82 9.00 9,09 9.27 9.45 sales two months previously Total cash $89.68 $90.81 $92.51 $94.44 $96.90 receipts Cash disbursements Payments for 45.00 45.45 46.35 48.60 49.50 credit purchases Wages and 14.40 14.54 14.83 15.55 15.84 salaries Rent 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36,00 Other expenses 4.50 4.55 4.64 4.86 4,95 Taxes 175.50 Payment for 900.00 900.00 Payment for plant construction $106.29 $105.01 Total cash $275.40 $100.54 $1,001.82 disbursements Net cash flow (Receipts- $-187.47 $-9.39 $-10.86 $-911.01 $-195.99 $-10.57 disbursenents) Beginning cash -963.35 -1,159.34 -1,169.91 145.99 -41.48 -52.34 balance Ending cash 41.48 -52.34 1,179.30 -1,159.34 1,169.91 balance Target 145.99 145.99 145.99 145.99 145.99 (minimum) cash balance Surplus $-187.47 $-198.33 $-1,305.33 $-1,315.90 $-1,325.29 (shortfall) cash Use the information provided in the budget to complete the following sentences. Conroy Company will be able to invest in short-term marketable securities in some months and will need to borrow to cover cash requirements in others. In the last six montths of the year, Conroy will to end the year with a cash of and a cash of Conroy Company will want a credit line of at least to cover the month with the greatest shortfall, and the financial managers can tell the bank to expect that they will be able to invest up to in short-term marketable securities