QUESTION $3$

$(20$ Marks$)$

REQUIRED

Use the information provided below to prepare the following for August and September $2024$:

$3\mathrm{.}1$ Debtors Collection Schedule

$(4$ marks$)$

$3\mathrm{.}2$ Cash Budget

$(16$ marks$)$

INFORMATION

Nissa Limited is planning its business activities for August and September $2024.$ The bank account is expected to reflect an overdraft of R$50000$ on $31$ July $2024.$ The following forecasts have been made by Nissa Limited:

The sales manager anticipates the following sales volumes of finished goods at a constant price of R$320$ per unit: $$

$\backslash$table$[[$July$,$August,September,October$],[2300$ units,$2900$ units,$3100$ units,$3300$ units$]]$

Sixty percent $(60\%)$ of the sales is expected to be on credit and the collections are expected to be as follows:

$30\%$ is collected in the month of the sale and these debtors are entitled to a $5\%$ discount.

$70\%$ is collected in the month after the sale.

The balance of the sales is for cash.

$2.$ The expected unit primary costs of production are as follows:

$\backslash$table$[[$Direct materials,R$80$ per unit$],[$Direct labour,R$70$ per unit$]]$

Management aims to maintain a month$-$end inventory of finished goods of $10\%$ of the expected sales of the following month. Materials are purchased for cash to meet the production requirements of each month. $($Hint: Prepare a production budget first to determine the production requirements.$)$

Direct labour costs are incurred in line with production and are paid in the month in which they were incurred.

Variable overheads are budgeted at R$30$ per unit produced. Fixed overheads are estimated to be R$120000$ per month. Overheads are payable in the month in which they are incurred. $($Separate entries are required for fixed and variable overheads.$)$

R$250000$ cash will be spent on the purchase of a vehicle during September $2024.$

The company intends investing $10\%$ of the total sales value $($before any discounts$)$ of each month in an investment account from August $2024$ to finance the modernisation of its machinery during $2025.$

As from August $2024,2\%$ of the total sales revenue $($before any discounts$)$ will be utilised for research and development. These costs are payable in the month after they are incurred.