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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
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 |
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Sales | $94,000 | $120,000 | $149,000 |
Manufacturing costs | 39,000 | 52,000 | 54,000 |
Selling and administrative expenses | 33,000 | 36,000 | 57,000 |
Capital expenditures | 36,000 |
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 $7,000 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 $36,000, marketable securities of $51,000, and accounts receivable of $104,500 ($22,500 from July sales and $82,000 from August sales). Sales on account for July and August were $75,000 and $82,000, respectively. Current liabilities as of September 1 include $7,000 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 $14,000 will be made in October. Bridgeports regular quarterly dividend of $7,000 is expected to be declared in October and paid in November. Management desires to maintain a minimum cash balance of $35,000.
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1. Prepare a monthly cash budget and supporting schedules for September, October, and November. Assume 360 days per year for interest calculations.
Line Item Description | September | October | November |
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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 balanceCash sales | $Cash sales | $Cash sales | $Cash sales |
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 balanceCollection of accounts receivable | Collection of accounts receivable | Collection of accounts receivable | Collection of accounts receivable |
Total cash receipts | $Total cash receipts | $Total cash receipts | $Total cash receipts |
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 balanceManufacturing costs | $Manufacturing costs | $Manufacturing costs | $Manufacturing costs |
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 expensesSelling and administrative expenses | Selling and administrative expenses | Selling and administrative expenses | Selling and administrative expenses |
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 expensesCapital expenditures | Capital expenditures | ||
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 expensesIncome tax | Income tax | ||
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 expensesDividends | Dividends | ||
Total cash payments | $Total cash payments | $Total cash payments | $Total cash payments |
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 expensesCash increase or (decrease) | $Cash increase or (decrease) | $Cash increase or (decrease) | Cash increase or (decrease) |
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 expensesPlus cash balance at beginning of month | Plus cash balance at beginning of month | Plus cash balance at beginning of month | Plus cash balance at beginning of month |
Cash balance at end of month | $Cash balance at end of month | $Cash balance at end of month | $Cash balance at end of month |
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 expensesLess minimum cash balance | Less minimum cash balance | Less minimum cash balance | Less minimum cash balance |
Excess or (deficiency) | $Excess or (deficiency) | $Excess or (deficiency) | $Excess or (deficiency) |
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The primary source of estimated cash receipts is from cash sales and collections on account.
To estimate cash receipts from cash sales and collections on account, a schedule of collections from sales is prepared.
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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
willwill notwill not
be maintained in November. This situation can be corrected by fill in the blank 2 of 4
investingborrowingborrowing
and/or by the fill in the blank 3 of 4
purchasesalesale
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
exceedbe short ofexceed
the minimum desired balance.
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