Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The companys balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

a.	Sales are budgeted at $256,000 for May. Of these sales, $76,800 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. One-half of a months credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made, and the remainder is collected in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May.
b.	Purchases of inventory are expected to total $188,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. Forty percent of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during May.
c.	The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $83,000.
d.	Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $91,500, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $4,000 for the month.
e.	The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $435 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)
f.	New refrigerating equipment costing $7,000 will be purchased for cash during May.
g.	During May, the company will borrow $23,100 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

Required:
1-a.	Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales and a schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases..

Schedule of expected cash collections
Cash sales-May	?
Collections on account receivable:
April 30 balance	?
May sales	?
Total cash receipts	?
Schedule of expected cash disbursements
April 30 accounts payable balance	?
May Purchases	?
Total cash Payments	?

1b. Prepare a cash budget for May. (Cash deficiency, repayments and interest should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Minden Company
Cash Budget
For the month of may
Beg cash balance	?
Add: Collections from customers	?
Total cash available	?
Less: cash disbursement
Purchase of inventory	?
Selling and administration expense	?
Purchase of equipment	?
Total cash disbursement	?
Excess of cash available over disbursements	?
Financing:
Borrowing-note	?
Repayments-note	?
Interest	?
Total financing	?
Ending cash balance	?

2. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May using the absorption costing income statement format

Minden Company
Budgeted income statement
For the month of may
Sales		?
COGS:
Beg inventory	?
Purchases	?
Goods available for sale	?
Ending inventory	?
Cost of goods sold		?
Gross margin		?
Selling and administration expenses		?
Net operating income		?
Interest expense		?
Net income		?

3. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of May 31.

Minden company
Budgeted balance sheet
31-May
Assets
Cash	?
Accounts receivable	?
Inventory	?
Buildings and equipment,net of dep	?
Total assets	?
Liabilities and stockholder's equity
Accounts payable	?
Note payable	?
Common stock	?
Retained earnings	?
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity	?

Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30 Assets Cash Accounts receivable Inventory Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation Total assets Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable Note payable Common stock Retained earnings Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 9,400 78,500 44,000 221,000 352,900 72,000 19,700 180,000 81,200 352,900