"We really need to get this new material-handling equipment in operation just after the new year begins. I hope we can finance it largely with cash and marketable securities, but if necessary we can get a short-term loan down at MetroBank." This statement by Beth Davies-Lowry, president of Intercoastal Electronics Company, concluded a meeting she had called with the firm's top management. Intercoastal is a small, rapidly growing wholesaler of consumer electronic products. The firm's main product lines are small kitchen appliances and power tools. Marcia Polosky, Intercoastal's General Manager of Marketing, has recently completed a sales forecast. She believes the company's sales during the first quarter of 20x1 will increase by 10 percent each month over the previous month's sales. Then Polosky expects sales to remain constant for several months. Intercoastal's projected balance sheet as of December 31,200, is as follows: of 201. In the process, the following information has been accumulated: inventory in the firm's warehouse just after the new year begins. These equipment purchases will be financed primarily from the firm's cash and marketable securities. However, Davies-Lowry believes that Intercoastal needs to keep a minimum cash balance of $40,000. If necessary, the remainder of the equipment purchases will be financed using short-term credit from a local bank. The minimum period for such a loan is three months. Rafael believes short-term interest rates will be 10 percent per year at the time of the equipment purchases. If a loan is necessary, Davies-Lowry has decided it should be paid off by the end of the first quarter if possible. Intercoastal's board of directors has indicated an intention to declare and pay dividends of $50,000 on the last day of each quarter. The interest on any short-term borrowing will be paid when the loan is repaid. Interest on Intercoastal's bonds is paid semiannually on January 31 and July 31 for the preceding six-month period. Property taxes are paid semiannually on February 28 and August 31 for the preceding six-month period. Required: Prepare Intercoastal Electronics Company's master budget for the first quarter of 201 by completing the following schedules and statements. 3. Purchases budget: Can anyone just fill in the missing cells (December Expect Beginning Inventory and Jan-First Quarter Inventory Purchases? Thanks