The following data relate to the operations of Shilow Company, a wholesale distributor of consumer goods:

Current assets as of March 31:

Cash.................................... $ 8,000

Accounts receivable.................. $ 29,500

Merchandise inventory............... $ 36,000

Building and equipment, net................. $120,000

Accounts payable.............................. $ 25,750

Common stock................................. $150,000

Retained earnings.............................. $ 17,750

The gross margin is 25% of sales. Thus, the cost of merchandise and the cost of goods sold is 75% of selling price.

Actual and budgeted sales data:

February (actual)..................$45,000

March (actual).....................$50,000

April.................................$60,000

May.................................$72,000

June.................................$90,000

July..................................$48,000

Fifty percent of sales are collected in the month of sale and 40 percent in the following month, and 10 percent in the second month following the month of sale. The accounts receivable on March 31 are the results of February credit sales (i.e., 10% of February has not been collected) and March credit sales (i.e., 50% of March has not been collected).

Each month's ending inventory should equal 60% of the following month's budgeted cost of goods sold.

Thirty percent of a month's inventory purchases is paid for in the month of purchase; the other 70 percent is paid for in the following month. The accounts payable at March 31 are the result of March purchases of inventory.

Required:

(7.5 points) Prepare the cash collection budgets for the second quarter (i.e., April, May, and June).

(2 points) What is the accounts receivable balance at the end of June?

(8 points) Prepare the merchandise purchase budgets (in dollars) the second quarter (April, May, and June). Use the following format:

Cost of Goods sold

Plus: Expected Ending Inventory

Minus: Expected Beginning Inventory

= Merchandise Purchase

(6 points) Prepare the cash disbursement budgets for merchandise purchases for the second quarter (April, May, and June).

(1.5 points) What is the account payable balance for merchandise purchases at the end of June?