Saving Plus Store is a local discaunt store with the following information: (Click the icon to view the intormation.) Read the requitements Requirement 1. Prepare the sales budget for Novembor and December. Requirement 2. Prepare the cost of goods sold, itwentory, and purchases budget for November and December Saving Plus Store Cost of Goods Sold, Inventory, and Purchases Budget. For the Months of November and December Requirement 3. Prepare the opeating expense budget for November and December Requitemsent4, Prepaie the budgeted income staternent for Norember and Deceriber Renisw the budpess proseried in Pequdiement 1,2 and 3 Requirement 4. Prepare the budgetod income statement for November and December: Reriow the busgets peparod in Requirements 1, 2 , and 3 Requirement 5. Prepare the cash collections budget for November and December. Revien the sales budpet propared in Requirement 1 Requirement 6. Prepare the cash paymeets budgut for November and Decumber. (f no cash paymint is made. make sure Review the buegots prepared in Requikenoets 1,2 and 3 . Requirement 6. Prepare the cash payments bodget for November and December. (If no cash payment is made, make surr Review the budgets prepared in Requirements 1,2 and 3 Requirement 7, Prepare the combined cash bodget for November and December enter a PO' for any zero amounts Use par Review the cash collections and cash payments budgets prepared in Rrequirements 5 and 6 Data table - October sales are projected to be $390,000. - Sales are projected to increase by 10% in November and another 25% in December and then return to the October level in January. - 20% of sales are made in cash while the remaining 80% are paid by credit or debit cards. The credit card companies and banks (debit card issuers) charge a 1% transaction fee, and deposit the net amount (sales price less the transaction fee) in the store's bank account daily. The store does not accept checks. Because of the payment mechanisms, there is no risk of non-payment or bad-debts. - The store's gross profit is 40% of its sales revenue. - For the next several months, the store wants to maintain an ending merchandise inventory equal to $12,000 plus 10% of the next month's cost of goods sold. All purchases for merchandise are made on account and paid in the month following the purchase. The September 30 inventory is expected to be $35,400. - Expected monthly operating expenses and details about payments include the following: - Wages of store workers should be $7,000 per month and are paid on the last day of each month. - Utilities expense is expected to be $800 per month in September, October, and November. - Utilities expense is expected to be $1,300 per month during the colder months of December, January, and February. - All utility bills are paid the month after incurred - Property tax is $20,400 per year and is paid semiannually each December and June. - Property and liability insurance is $21,600 per year and is paid semiannually each January and July. - Depreciation expense is $96,000 per year, the straight-line method used. - Transaction fees, as stated earlier, are 1% of credit and debit card sales. - Cash dividends of $240,000 are to be paid in December. - Assume the cash balance on October 31 is $35,000. The company wants to maintain a cash balance of at least $35,000 at the end of every month. - The company has arranged a line of credit with a local bank at a 4% interest rate. There is no outstanding debt as of October 31
