Assume a company is preparing a budget for its first two months of operations. During the first and second months it expects credit sales of $42,000 and $68,000, respectively. The company expects to collect 60% of its credit sales in the month of the sale and the remaining 40% in the following month. What amount of cash collections from credit sales would the company include in its cash budget for the second month?

Multiple Choice

• $57,600

• $40,800

• $27,200

• $66,000