You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of earrings 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 earrings, but all are sold for the same price$16 per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last three months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow (in pairs of earrings): January (actual) February (actual) March (actual) April (budget) May (budget) 23,400 29,400 43,400 68,400 103,400 June (budget) July (budget) August (budget) September (budget) 53,400 33,400 31,400 28,400 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 $5.70 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. Monthly operating expenses for the company are given below: 4% of sales Variable: Sales commissions Fixed: Advertising Rent Salaries Utilities Insurance Depreciation $ 370,000 $ 35,000 $ 140,000 $ 15,500 $ 4,700 $ 31,000 Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year. The company plans to purchase $24,500 in new equipment during May and $57,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $27,750 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter. The company's balance sheet as of March 31 is given below: $ 91,000 Assets Cash Accounts receivable ($47,040 February sales; $555,520 March sales) Inventory Prepaid insurance Property and equipment (net) Total assets Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable Dividends payable Common stock 602,560 155,952 29,500 1,120,000 $ 1,999,012 $ 117,000 27,750 1,140,000 Reg 1A Req 1B Req 1C Req 1D Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30 that includes a schedule of expected cash collections, by month and in total. Earrings Unlimited Schedule of Expected Cash Collections April May June Quarter $ 0 February sales March sales 0 April sales 0 May sales 0 June sales 0 Total cash collections $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 0 Req 1A Reg 1B Req 1C Reg 1D Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30 that includes a merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in total. (Round unit cost to 2 decimal places.) Earrings Unlimited Merchandise Purchases Budget April May June Quarter Budgeted unit sales 0 Total needs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Required purchases Unit cost Required dollar purchases $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Req 1A Reg 1B Reg 10 Req 1D Reg 2 Req 3 Reg 4 Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30 that includes a schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases, by month and in total. Earrings Unlimited Budgeted Cash Disbursements for Merchandise Purchases April May June Quarter Accounts payable $ 0 April purchases 0 May purchases 0 June purchases 0 Total cash payments $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 0 Earrings Unlimited Cash Budget For the Three Months Ending June 30 April May June Quarter Beginning cash balance Add collections from customers Total cash available 0 0 0 0 Less cash disbursements: 0 Merchandise purchases Advertising Rent 0 0 Salaries 0 Commissions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Utilities Equipment purchases Dividends paid Total cash disbursements Excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements Financing Borrowings Repayments Interest Total financing Ending cash balance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ to $ 0 Earrings Unlimited Budgeted Income Statement For the Three Months Ended June 30 Variable expenses 0 0 Fixed expenses 0 0 0 Earrings Unlimited Budgeted Balance Sheet June 30 Assets 0 Total assets $ Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 0