The controller of Stanley Yelnats Inc. asks you to prepare a monthly cash budget for the next three months. You are presented with the following budget information:

Line Item Description	January	February	March
Sales	$107,000	$131,000	$178,000
Manufacturing costs	45,000	56,000	64,000
Selling and administrative expenses	31,000	35,000	39,000
Capital expenditures	_	_	43,000

The company expects to sell about 10% of its merchandise for cash. Of sales on account, 60% are expected to be collected in full in the month following the sale and the remainder in the following month. Depreciation, insurance, and property tax expense represent $8,000 of the estimated monthly manufacturing costs. The annual insurance premium is paid in June, and the annual property taxes are paid in October. Of the remainder of the manufacturing costs, 75% are expected to be paid in the month in which they are incurred and the balance in the following month. All selling and administrative expenses are paid in the month incurred.

Current assets as of January 1 include cash of $41,000, marketable securities of $58,000, and accounts receivable of $128,400 ($94,000 from December sales and $34,400 from November sales). Sales on account in November and December were $86,000 and $94,000, respectively. Current liabilities as of January 1 include a $54,000, 12%, 90-day note payable due March 20 and $8,000 of accounts payable incurred in December for manufacturing costs. It is expected that $3,200 in dividends will be received in January. An estimated income tax payment of $16,000 will be made in February. Stanley Yelnat's regular quarterly dividend of $8,000 is expected to be declared in February and paid in March. Management desires to maintain a minimum cash balance of $32,000.

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1. Prepare a monthly cash budget and supporting schedules for January, February, and March. Enter an increase in the month's cash balance or an excess cash amount as a positive number. Enter a decrease in the month's cash balance or a cash deficiency as a negative number. Assume 360 days per year for interest calculations.

Line Item Description	January	February	March
Estimated cash receipts from:
Cash sales	$Cash sales	$Cash sales	$Cash sales
Collections of accounts receivable	Collections of accounts receivable	Collections of accounts receivable	Collections of accounts receivable
Dividends	Dividends	Dividends	Dividends
Total cash receipts	$Total cash receipts	$Total cash receipts	$Total cash receipts
Estimated cash payments for:
Manufacturing costs	$Manufacturing costs	$Manufacturing costs	$Manufacturing costs
Selling and administrative expenses	Selling and administrative expenses	Selling and administrative expenses	Selling and administrative expenses
Capital expenditures	Capital expenditures	Capital expenditures	Capital expenditures
Other purposes:
Note payable (including interest)	Note payable (including interest)	Note payable (including interest)	Note payable (including interest)
Income taxes	Income taxes	Income taxes	Income taxes
Dividends	Dividends	Dividends	Dividends
Total cash payments	$Total cash payments	$Total cash payments	$Total cash payments
Cash increase (decrease)	$Cash increase (decrease)	$Cash increase (decrease)	$Cash increase (decrease)
Cash balance at beginning of month	Cash balance at beginning of month	Cash balance at beginning of month	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
Minimum cash balance	Minimum cash balance	Minimum cash balance	Minimum cash balance
Excess (deficiency)	$Excess (deficiency)	$Excess (deficiency)	Excess (deficiency)

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Add each month's cash sales to the month's collections and dividends received. Subtract each month's cash payments. Add the cash increase to (or subtract the cash decrease from) the beginning cash balance. Subtract the minimum cash balance required.

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2. The budget indicates that the minimum cash balance will not be maintained in March. This is due primarily to which of the following causes? I. Capital expenditures II. Note repayment III. Depreciation IV. Income taxes V. Decreased collection of accounts receivable Select the correct answer

I, II, III, IV, and VI and II onlyIII, IV, and V onlyIV and V onlyI and II only

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