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$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)	23,600	June (budget)	53,600
February (actual)	29,600	July (budget)	33,600
March (actual)	43,600	August (budget)	31,600
April (budget)	68,600	September (budget)	28,600
May (budget)	103,600

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 $5.8 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	$	380,000
Rent	$	36,000
Salaries	$	142,000
Utilities	$	16,000
Insurance	$	4,800
Depreciation	$	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.

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

Assets
Cash	$	92,000
Accounts receivable ($50,320 February sales;$592,960 March sales)		643,280
Inventory		159,152
Prepaid insurance		30,000
Property and equipment (net)		1,130,000
Total assets	$	2,054,432
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Accounts payable	$	118,000
Dividends payable		28,500
Common stock		1,160,000
Retained earnings		747,932
Total liabilities and stockholders equity	$	2,054,432

The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $68,000. 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 $68,000 in cash.

2. A cash budget. Show the budget by month and in total. (Cash deficiency, repayments and interest should be indicated by a minus sign.)

3. A budgeted income statement for the three-month period ending June 30. Use the contribution approach.

4. A budgeted balance sheet as of June 30.

**** Some numbers in the tables may be incorrect!!! Please fix!

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 Less cash disbursements: Merchandise purchases Advertising Rent Salaries Commissions Utilities Equipment purchases Dividends paid 380,000 1,140,000 108,000 426,000 153,544 48,000 83,000 28,500 668,4481,987,044 (649,148) (669,448) (668,448)(1,987,044) 380,000 36,000 142,000 46,648 16,000 380,000 36,000 142,000 70,448 16,000 25,000 36,000 142,000 36,448 16,000 58,000 28,500 649,148 Total cash disbursements Excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements Financing 669,448 Borrowings Repayments Interest Total financing Ending cash balance $ (649,148)$ (669,448) $ (668,448)$(1,987,044) Earrings Unlimited Budgeted Income Statement For the Three Months Ended June 30 Sales $ 3,838,600 Variable expenses Commissions 153,544 Cost of goods sold 153,544 Contribution margin Fixed expenses 3,685,056 Advertising Rent Salaries Utilities Insurance Depreciation 1,140,000 108,000 426,000 48,000 14,400 96,000 1,832,400 1,852,656 Interest expense et income 1,852,656 Earrings Unlimited Budgeted Balance Sheet June 30 Assets Cash Accounts receivable nventory Prepaid insurance Property and equipment, net Total assets Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable, purchases Dividends payable Common stock Retained earnings 1,160,000