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	$ 11,400
Accounts receivable	75,000
Inventory	41,000
Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation	224,000
Total assets	$ 351,400
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Accounts payable	$ 70,000
Note payable	15,500
Common stock	180,000
Retained earnings	85,900
Total liabilities and stockholders equity	$ 351,400

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

Sales are budgeted at $220,000 for May. Of these sales, $66,000 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 $128,000 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 $56,000.

Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $86,000, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $6,750 for the month.

The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $565 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

New refrigerating equipment costing $6,700 will be purchased for cash during May.

During May, the company will borrow $25,300 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. Calculate the expected cash collections from customers for May.

2. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for May.

3. Prepare a cash budget for May.

4. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

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

Ques 5

5-1

Total Cash Collections
Total Cash Disbursements

5-2

Total Cash Collections
Total Cash Disbursements

5-3

Minden Company
Cash Budget
For The Month of May
Beginning Cash Balance
Add Collection from customers
Total Cash Available
Less Cash Disbursements
Purchase of Inventory
Selling and Administrative Expenses
Purchases of Equipment
Total Cash disbursements
Excess of cash available over disbursements
Financing:
Borrowing - note
Repayments - note
Interest
Total financing
Ending Cash Balance

5-4

Minden Company
Budget Income Statment
For The Month of May

5-5

Minden Company
Cash Budgeted Balance Sheet
May 31
Assets
Total Assets
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Total liabilities and Stockholders equity