ACCT504 Case Study 3 (Learning Objective 5: Construct and use a cash budget) Nathan Farmer, chief financial officer of Wang Appliance Store, is responsible for the companys budgeting process. Farmers staff is preparing the Wang cash budget for 2014. A key input to the budgeting process is last years statement of cash flows, which follows (amounts in thousands): Wang Appliance Store Statement of Cash Flows 2013 (in thousands) Cash Flows from Operating Activities Collections from customers $51,000 Interest Received 500 Purchase of inventory (36,000) Operating expenses (10,200) Net cash provided by operating activities 5,300 Cash Flows from Investing Activities Purchase of equipment (3,500) Purchase of investments (500) Sale of investments 1,000 Net cash used for investing activities (3,000 ) Cash Flows from Financing Activities Payment of long term debt (400) Issuance of Stock 2,000 Payment of cash dividends (500) Net cash provided by financing activities 1,100 Cash Increase (decrease) in Cash 3,400 Cash, beginning of year 2,900 Cash, end of year 6,300 Requirements 1. Prepare the Wang cash budget for 2014. Date the budget simply 2014 and denote the beginning and ending cash balances as beginning and ending. Assume the company expects 2014 to be the same as 2013, but with the following changes: o a. In 2014, the company expects a 20% increase in collections from customers and a 30% increase in purchases of inventory. o b. There will be no sales of investments in 2014. o c. Wang does not plan to issue stock in 2014. o d. Wang plans to end the year with a cash balance of $5,550.