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$17 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) 23,600 29,600 43,600 68,600 103,600 June (budget) July (budget) August (budget) September (budget) 53,600 33,600 31,600 28,600 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 $5.80 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: 48 of sales Variable: Sales commissions Fixed: Advertising Rent Salaries Utilities Insurance Depreciation $ 380,000 $ 36,000 $ 142,000 $ 16,000 $ 4,800 $ 32,000 Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year. The company plans to purchase $25,000 in new equipment during May and $58,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $28,500 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter. 1 Req 1A Reg 1B Req 1C Req 1D Req 2 Reg 3 Req 4 Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30 that includes a budgeted balance sheet as of June 30. Earrings Unlimited Budgeted Balance Sheet June 30 Assets Book rint rences Total assets Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 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$17 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) 23,600 29,600 43,600 68,600 103,600 June (budget) July (budget) August (budget) September (budget) 53,600 33,600 31,600 28,600 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 $5.80 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: 48 of sales Variable: Sales commissions Fixed: Advertising Rent Salaries Utilities Insurance Depreciation $ 380,000 $ 36,000 $ 142,000 $ 16,000 $ 4,800 $ 32,000 Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year. The company plans to purchase $25,000 in new equipment during May and $58,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $28,500 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter. 1 Req 1A Reg 1B Req 1C Req 1D Req 2 Reg 3 Req 4 Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30 that includes a budgeted balance sheet as of June 30. Earrings Unlimited Budgeted Balance Sheet June 30 Assets Book rint rences Total assets Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Total liabilities and stockholders' equity