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

Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30
Assets
Cash	$	12,700
Accounts receivable		66,500
Inventory		48,500
Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation		229,000
Total assets	$	356,700
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Accounts payable	$	67,500
Note payable		19,100
Common stock		180,000
Retained earnings		90,100
Total liabilities and stockholders equity	$	356,700

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

a.	Sales are budgeted at $262,000 for May. Of these sales, $78,600 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 $196,000 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 $84,000.
d.	Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $87,300, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $6,400 for the month.
e.	The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $550 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)
f.	New refrigerating equipment costing $13,000 will be purchased for cash during May.
g.	During May, the company will borrow $28,900 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 Answer is complete but not entirely Minden Company Schedule of d Cash Collections $78 Cash sales-May Collections on account receivable 91 April 30 balance May sales Total cash receipts Answer is complete but not entirely Minden Company Schedule of Expected Cash April 30 accounts payable May purchases Total cash payments 78,400X 67 145,900 1-b. Prepare a cash budget for May. (Cash deficiency, repayments and interest should be indicated by a minus sign.) Answer is complete and correct. Cash Budget For the Month of May $ 12,700 Beginning cash balance Add collections from customers Total cash available Less cash disbursements: 236 249,500 Purchase of inventory Selling and administrative expenses Purchases of equipment 145,900 7,300 13 Total cash disbursements 246,200 of cash available over 3,300 disbursements 28 Interest Total financing Ending cash balance (19,100 (550 9,250 $ 12,550