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 $ 9,100 Accounts receivable 77,250 Inventory 40,000 Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation 239,000 Total assets $ 365,350 Liabilities and Shareholders Equity Accounts payable $ 79,750 Note payable 12,300 Common shares 180,000 Retained earnings 93,300 Total liabilities and shareholders equity $ 365,350

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data: Sales are budgeted at $266,000 for May. Of these sales, $79,800 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. Purchases of inventory are expected to total $170,000 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. The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $44,500. Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $81,900, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $6,450 for the month. The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $140 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.) New refrigerating equipment costing $9,600 will be purchased for cash during May. During May, the company will borrow $23,400 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..

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

2. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

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