1. The controller of Bridgeport Housewares Inc. instructs you to prepare a monthly cash budget for the next three months. You are presented with the following budget information:

   	September		October		November
   Sales	$103,000		$133,000		$165,000
   Manufacturing costs	43,000		57,000		59,000
   Selling and administrative expenses	36,000		40,000		63,000
   Capital expenditures	_		_		40,000

   The company expects to sell about 10% of its merchandise for cash. Of sales on account, 70% are expected to be collected in the month following the sale and the remainder the following month (second month following sale). Depreciation, insurance, and property tax expense represent $6,000 of the estimated monthly manufacturing costs. The annual insurance premium is paid in January, and the annual property taxes are paid in December. Of the remainder of the manufacturing costs, 80% are expected to be paid in the month in which they are incurred and the balance in the following month.

   Current assets as of September 1 include cash of $39,000, marketable securities of $56,000, and accounts receivable of $114,600 ($24,600 from July sales and $90,000 from August sales). Sales on account for July and August were $82,000 and $90,000, respectively. Current liabilities as of September 1 include $6,000 of accounts payable incurred in August for manufacturing costs. All selling and administrative expenses are paid in cash in the period they are incurred. An estimated income tax payment of $16,000 will be made in October. Bridgeports regular quarterly dividend of $6,000 is expected to be declared in October and paid in November. Management desires to maintain a minimum cash balance of $38,000.

   Required:

   1. Prepare a monthly cash budget and supporting schedules for September, October, and November. Assume 360 days per year for interest calculations.

   Bridgeport Housewares Inc. Cash Budget For the Three Months Ending November 30

   	September	October	November
   Estimated cash receipts from:
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Cash salesDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balanceManufacturing costsPlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balance	$- Select -	$- Select -	$- Select -
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balanceManufacturing costsPlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balance	- Select -	- Select -	- Select -
   Total cash receipts	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_9	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_10	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_11
   Less estimated cash payments for:
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balanceManufacturing costsPlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balance	$- Select -	$- Select -	$- Select -
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balancePlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balanceSelling and administrative expenses	- Select -	- Select -	- Select -
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balancePlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balanceSelling and administrative expenses			- Select -
   Other purposes:
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balancePlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balanceSelling and administrative expenses		- Select -
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balancePlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balanceSelling and administrative expenses			- Select -
   Total cash payments	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_26	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_27	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_28
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balancePlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balanceSelling and administrative expenses	$- Select -	$- Select -	- Select -
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balancePlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balanceSelling and administrative expenses	- Select -	- Select -	- Select -
   Cash balance at end of month	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_37	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_38	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_39
   Capital expendituresCash increase or (decrease)Collection of accounts receivableDividendsIncome taxLess cash balance at beginning of monthLess minimum cash balancePlus cash balance at beginning of monthPlus minimum cash balanceSelling and administrative expenses	- Select -	- Select -	- Select -
   Excess or (deficiency)	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_44	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_45	$fill in the blank 961edbf60076052_46

   2. On the basis of the cash budget prepared in part (1), what recommendation should be made to the controller?

   The budget indicates that the minimum cash balance

   willwill not

   be maintained in November. This situation can be corrected by

   investingborrowing

   and/or by the

   purchasesale

   of the marketable securities, if they are held for such purposes. At the end of September and October, the cash balance will

   exceedbe short of

   the minimum desired balance.

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