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:

Line Item Description September October November

Sales $$250,000$ $$300,000$ $$315,000$

Manufacturing costs $150,000180,000185,000$

Selling and administrative expenses $42,00048,00051,000$

Capital expenditures $200,000$

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 $$50,000$ 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 $$40,000,$ marketable securities of $$75,000,$ and accounts receivable of $$300,000($$$60,000$ from July sales and $$240,000$ from August sales$).$ Sales on account for July and August were $$200,000$ and $$240,000,$ respectively. Current liabilities as of September $1$ include $$40,000$ 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 $$55,000$ will be made in October. Bridgeport$$s regular quarterly dividend of $$25,000$ is expected to be declared in October and paid in November. Management desires to maintain a minimum cash balance of $$50,000.$

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$1.$ Prepare a monthly cash budget and supporting schedules for September, October, and November.

Bridgeport Housewares Inc.

Cash Budget

For the Three Months Ending November $30$

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$2.$ 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 fill in the blank $1$ of $4$

be maintained in November. This situation can be corrected by fill in the blank $2$ of $4$

and$/$or by the fill in the blank $3$ of $4$

of the marketable securities$,$ if they are held for such purposes. At the end of September and October, the cash balance will fill in the blank $4$ of $4$

the minimum desired balance.