Exercise 9-18

Green Landscaping Inc. is preparing its budget for the first quarter of 2020. The next step in the budgeting process is to prepare a cash receipts schedule and a cash payments schedule. To that end the following information has been collected. Clients usually pay 60% of their fee in the month that service is performed, 30% the month after, and 10% the second month after receiving service. Actual service revenue for 2019 and expected service revenues for 2020 are November 2019, $92,440; December 2019, $83,270; January 2020, $103,690; February 2020, $121,440; and March 2020, $134,410. Purchases of landscaping supplies (direct materials) are paid 60% in the month of purchase and 40% the following month. Actual purchases for 2019 and expected purchases for 2020 are December 2019, $16,270; January 2020, $15,270; February 2020, $18,730; and March 2020, $21,600. (a) Prepare the following schedules for each month in the first quarter of 2020 and for the quarter in total: (1) Expected collections from clients.