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 comprehensive budgets for the upcoming second quarter in order to show management the benefits that can be gained from an integrated budgeting program. 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$18 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)	23,800	June (budget)	53,800
February (actual)	29,800	July (budget)	33,800
March (actual)	43,800	August (budget)	31,800
April (budget)	68,800	September (budget)	28,800
May (budget)	103,800

The concentration of sales before and during May is due to Mothers 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 $5.9 for a pair of earrings. One-half of a months purchases is paid for in the month of purchase; the other half is paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit, with no discount, and payable within 15 days. The company has found, however, that only 20% of a months 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:

Variable:
Sales commissions		4%	of sales
Fixed:
Advertising	$	390,000
Rent	$	37,000
Salaries	$	144,000
Utilities	$	16,500
Insurance	$	4,900
Depreciation	$	33,000

Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year.

The company plans to purchase $25,500 in new equipment during May and $59,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $29,250 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter.

A listing of the companys ledger accounts as of March 31 is given below:

Assets
Cash	$	93,000
Accounts receivable ($53,640 February sales; $630,720 March sales)		684,360
Inventory		162,368
Prepaid insurance		30,500
Property and equipment (net)		1,140,000
Total assets	$	2,110,228
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Accounts payable	$	119,000
Dividends payable		29,250
Common stock		1,180,000
Retained earnings		781,978
Total liabilities and stockholders equity	$	2,110,228

The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $69,000. All borrowing is done at the beginning of a month; any repayments are made at the end of a month.

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 on 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 of the accumulated interest on the loan and as much of the loan as possible (in increments of $1,000), while still retaining at least $69,000 in cash.

b.	A schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total.

Earrings Unlimited
Schedule of Expected Cash Collections
	April	May	June	Quarter
February sales				$0
March sales
April sales				0
May sales				0
June sales				0
Total cash collections		$0	$0

c.	A merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in total.

Earrings Unlimited
Merchandise Purchases Budget
	April	May	June	Quater
Budgeted unit sales				0
Total needs	0	0	0	0
Required purchases	0	0	0	0
Unit cost
Required dollar purchases	$0	$0	$0	$0

d.	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

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