Lane Products manufactures a popular kitchen utensil. The company recently expanded, and the controller belleves that it will need to borrow cash to continue operations. It opened negotiations with the local bank for a one$-$month loan of $$64,000$ starting March $1.$ The bank would charge interest at the rate of $0\mathrm{.}5$ percent per month and require the company to repay interest and principal on March $31.$ In considering the loan, the bank requested a projected income statement and cash budget for March.

The following information is avallable:

The company budgeted sales at $24,000$ units per month in February, April, and May and at $21,000$ units in March. The selling price is $$72$ per unit.

The company offers a $2$ percent discount for cash sales. The company's experience is that bad debts average $1$ percent of credit sales.

The inventory of finished goods on February $1$ was $3,600$ units. The desired finished goods inventory at the end of each month equals $25$ percent of sales anticipated for the following month. There is no work in process.

The inventory of raw materlals on February $1$ was $2,880$ pounds. At the end of each month, the raw materlals inventory equals no less than $20$ percent of production requirements for the following month. The company purchases materials in quantities of $310$ pounds per shipment.

Selling expenses are $6$ percent of gross sales. Administrative expenses, which include depreciation of $$1,350$ per month on office furniture and fixtures, total $$75,600$ per month.

The manufacturing budget for the utensil, based on normal production of $23,000$ units per month, follows.

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