Personal Budget

At the beginning of the school year, Katherine Malloy decided to prepare a cash budget for the months of September, October, November, and December. The budget must plan for enough cash on December 31 to pay the spring semester tuition, which is the same as the fall tuition. The following information relates to the budget:

Cash balance, September 1 (from a summer job)	$6,620
Purchase season football tickets in September	90
Additional entertainment for each month	230
Pay fall semester tuition in September	3,600
Pay rent at the beginning of each month	320
Pay for food each month	180
Pay apartment deposit on September 2 (to be returned December 15)	500
Part-time job earnings each month (net of taxes)	820

a. Prepare a cash budget for September, October, November, and December. Enter all amounts as positive values except an overall cash decrease which should be indicated with a minus sign.

KATHERINE MALLOY
Cash Budget
For the Four Months Ending December 31
	September	October	November	December
Estimated cash receipts from:
Part-time job
Deposit
Total cash receipts
Estimated cash payments for:
Season football tickets
Additional entertainment
Tuition
Rent
Food
Deposit
Total cash payments
Overall cash increase (decrease)
Cash balance at beginning of month
Cash balance at end of month

b. Are the four monthly budgets that are presented prepared as static budgets or flexible budgets?

c. Malloy can see that her present plan sufficient cash. If Malloy did not budget but went ahead with the original plan, she would be $fill in the blank 550920f7d05307d_3 at the end of December, with no time left to adjust.