Toowoomba Jewellery, a distributor of earring to various retail outlets located in shopping malls across the country. In the past, the company has done very little in the way of budgeting and at certain times of the year has experienced a shortage of cash. Since you are well trained in budgeting, you have decided to prepare a master budget for the upcoming second quarter. To this end, you have worked with accounting and other areas to gather the information assembled below. The company sells many styles of earring, but all are sold for the same price$10 per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last three months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow: January (actual) 20,000 February (actual) 26,000 March (actual) 40,000 April (budget) 65,000 May (budget) 100,000 June (budget) 50,000 July (budget) 30,000 August (budget) 28,000 September (budget) 25,000 The concentration of sales before and during May is due to Mother's Day. Sufficient inventory should be on hand at the end of each month to supply 40% of the earrings sold in the following month. Suppliers are paid $4 for a pair of earrings. One-half of a month's purchases is paid for in the month of purchase; the other half is paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit. Only 20% of a month's sales are collected in the month of sale. An additional 70% is collected in the following month, and the remaining 10% is collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts have been negligible. 5 Monthly operating expenses for the company are given below: Variable 4% of sales Fixed Advertising $2,00,000 Rent 18,000 Salaries 106,000 Utilities 7,000 Insurance 3,000 Depreciation 14,000 Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year. The company plans to purchase $16,000 in new equipment during May and S40,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $15,000 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter. The company's balance sheet as of March 31 is given below: Assets Cash 74,000 Accounts receivable ($26,000 February sales, $320,000 March sales) 346,000 Inventory 104,000 Prepaid insurance 21,000 Property and equipment 950,000 Total assets 1,495,000 Liabilities and equities Accounts payable 100,000 Dividends payable 15,000 Common shares 800,000 Retained earnings 580,000 Total liabilities and equities 1,495,000 The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $50,000. All borrowing is done at the beginning of a month; any repayments are made at the end of a month. 6 The company has an agreement with a bank that allows the company to borrow in increments of $ 1,000 at the beginning of each month. The interest rate of these loans is 1% per month and for simplicity we will assume that interest is not compounded. At the end of the quarter, the company would pay the bank all the accumulated interest on the loan and as much of the loan as possible (in increments of $1,000), while still retaining at least $50,000 in cash.

EXPERT PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED ME WITH THE BELOW CALCULATIONS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE FIGURES FOR THE SCHEDULE OF EXPECTED CASH COLLECTIONS HAS BEEN WORKED OUT? CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY?

Sales Budget:

a. April sales: 65,000 units

b. May sales: 100,000 units

c. June sales: 50,000 units

Total sales: 215,000 units

Schedule of Expected Cash Collections:

April sales: $104,000

May sales: $180,000

June sales: $85,000

Total cash collections: $369,000