Bombs Away Video Games Corporation has forecasted the following monthly sales:

January	$	100,000	July	$	45,000
February		93,000	August		45,000
March		25,000	September		55,000
April		25,000	October		85,000
May		20,000	November		105,000
June		35,000	December		123,000
Total annual sales = $756,000

Bombs Away Video Games sells the popular Strafe and Capture video game. It sells for $5 per unit and costs $2 per unit to produce. A level production policy is followed. Each month's production is equal to annual sales (in units) divided by 12.

Of each month's sales, 30 percent are for cash and 70 percent are on account. All accounts receivable are collected in the month after the sale is made.

a. Construct a monthly production and inventory schedule in units. Beginning inventory in January is 25,000 units.

b. Prepare a monthly schedule of cash receipts. Sales in the December before the planning year are $100,000.

c. Prepare a cash payments schedule for January through December. The production costs of $2 per unit are paid for in the month in which they occur. Other cash payments, besides those for production costs, are $45,000 per month.

d. Prepare a monthly cash budget for January through December using the cash receipts schedule from part b and the cash payments schedule from part c. The beginning cash balance is $5,000, which is also the minimum desired. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)