ates) Ramala Fracking Company's actual sales and purchases for April and May are shown here, along with forecasted sales and purchases for June through September. April (actual). May (actual). June (forecast). July (forecast). August (forecast) September (forecast).. Sales Purchases $770,000 $320,000 730,000 310,000 680,000 300,000 690,000 420,000 710,000 460,000 795,000 455,000 The company makes 22 percent of its sales for cash and 78 percent on credit. Of the credit sales, 60 percent are collected in the month after the sale, and 40 percent are collected two months later. The company pays for 20 percent of its purchases in the month after purchase and 80 percent two months after. Labor expense equals 19 percent of the current month's sales. Overhead expense equals $18,500 per month. Bond interest payments of $55,000 are due in June and September. A cash dividend of $105,000 is scheduled to be paid in June. Tax payments of $50,000 are due in June and September. There is a scheduled capital outlay of $771,000 in September. Ending cash balance in May is $45,000. The minimum desired ending monthly cash balance is $20,000. The maximum desired ending monthly cash balance is $100,000. Excess cash (above $100,000) is used to buy marketable securities. Marketable securities typically earn a small return, but for this case no retum is to be calculated and the Marketable Securities are to be sold before borrowing funds on the company's established Line Of Credit (LOC) in case of a cash shortfall (less than $20,000). Prepare a schedule of monthly cash receipts, monthly cash payments, and a complete monthly cash budget with LOC borrowing and repayments for June through September. Use the tables in the text as a template for completing this problem (be sure to consider the cash sales in the receipts schedule). Round all numbers to the nearest dollar Then, discuss the company's forecasting. What did you learn? What seems to be the most Important consideration in preparing the forecast?