Cash Budget

The controller of Sonoma Housewares Inc. instructs you to prepare a monthly cash budget for the next three months. You are presented with the following budget information:

	May		June		July
Sales	$132,000		$160,000		$215,000
Manufacturing costs	55,000		69,000		77,000
Selling and administrative expenses	38,000		43,000		47,000
Capital expenditures	_		_		52,000

The company expects to sell about 15% of its merchandise for cash. Of sales on account, 65% are expected to be collected in the month following the sale and the remainder the following month (second month following sale). Depreciation, insurance, and property tax expense represent $9,000 of the estimated monthly manufacturing costs. The annual insurance premium is paid in September, and the annual property taxes are paid in November. Of the remainder of the manufacturing costs, 75% are expected to be paid in the month in which they are incurred and the balance in the following month.

Current assets as of May 1 include cash of $50,000, marketable securities of $71,000, and accounts receivable of $153,100 ($116,000 from April sales and $37,100 from March sales). Sales on account for March and April were $106,000 and $116,000, respectively. Current liabilities as of May 1 include $13,500 of accounts payable incurred in April for manufacturing costs. All selling and administrative expenses are paid in cash in the period they are incurred. An estimated income tax payment of $19,000 will be made in June. Sonomas regular quarterly dividend of $9,000 is expected to be declared in June and paid in July. Management wants to maintain a minimum cash balance of $39,000.

Required:

1. Prepare a monthly cash budget and supporting schedules for May, June, and July. Input all amounts as positive values except overall cash decrease and deficiency which should be indicated with a minus sign.

Sonoma Housewares Inc. Cash Budget For the Three Months Ending July 31

	May	June	July
Estimated cash receipts from:
Cash sales	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_1	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_2	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_3
Collection of accounts receivable	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_4	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_5	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_6
Total cash receipts	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_7	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_8	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_9
Estimated cash payments for:
Manufacturing costs	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_10	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_11	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_12
Selling and administrative expenses	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_13	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_14	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_15
Capital expenditures			fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_16
Other purposes:
Income tax		fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_17
Dividends			fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_18
Total cash payments	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_19	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_20	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_21
Cash increase or (decrease)	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_22	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_23	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_24
Cash balance at beginning of month	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_25	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_26	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_27
Cash balance at end of month	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_28	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_29	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_30
Minimum cash balance	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_31	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_32	fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_33
Excess (deficiency)	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_34	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_35	$fill in the blank c8a740fc1011fd3_36

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The primary source of estimated cash receipts is from cash sales and collections on account.

To estimate cash receipts from cash sales and collections on account, a schedule of collections from sales is prepared.

2. The budget indicates that the minimum cash balance

willwill notwill not

be maintained in July. This situation can be corrected by

investingborrowingborrowing

and/or by the

purchasesalesale

of the marketable securities, if they are held for such purposes. At the end of May and June, the cash balance will

exceedbe short ofexceed

the minimum desired balance.

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Sometimes an item July be a decrease in one period and an increase in a different period.

What weaknesses are shown by this cash budget?

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