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PROBLEM 7–25B    Completing a Master Budget [LO2, LO4, LO7, LO8, LO9, LO10]

CHECK FIGURE

(2) May purchases: $52,640

(4) May 31 cash balance: $5,600

 

The following data relate to the operations of Dillinger Company, a wholesale distributor of consumer goods:

 

Current assets as of March 31:

Cash

$10,500

Accounts receivable

$21,000

Inventory

$10,080

Buildings and equipment (net)

$140,000

Accounts payable

$36,500

Capital stock

$40,000

Retained earnings

$105,080

 

a. Gross margin is 30% of sales.

b. Actual and budgeted sales data:

 

March (actual)

$70,000

April

$72,000

May                                                                                    

$73,000

June

$84,000

July

$80,000

 

c. Sales are 70% for cash and 30% on credit. Credit sales are collected in the month following sale. The accounts receivable at March 31 are the result of March credit sales.

d. Each month’s ending inventory should equal 20% of the following month’s budgeted cost of goods sold.

e. 25% of a month’s inventory purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder is paid for in the following month. The accounts payable at March 31 are a result of March purchases of inventory.

f. Monthly expenses are as follows: salaries and wages $12,500; rent, $3,600 per month; other expenses (excluding depreciation), 8% of sales. Assume that these expenses are paid monthly. Depreciation is $1,000 per month (includes depreciation on new assets).

g. Equipment costing $9,000 will be purchased for cash in April.

h. The company must maintain a minimum cash balance of $5,000. An open line of credit is available at a local bank. All borrowing is done at the beginning of a month, and all repayments are made at the end of a month; borrowing must be in multiples of $1,000. The annual interest rate is 12%. Interest is paid only at the time of repayment of principal; figure interest on whole months (1/12, 2/12, and so forth).

 

Required:

 

Using the above data:

 

1. Complete the following schedule:

 

Schedule of Expected Cash Collections

 

April

May

June

Quarter

Cash sales

 

 

 

 

Credit sales

            

            

            

            

Total collections

            

            

            

            

 

2. Complete the following:

 

Merchandise Purchases Budget

 

April

May

June

Quarter

Budgeted cost of goods sold*

$50,400

$51,100

 

 

Add desired ending inventory†

  10,220

 

 

 

Total needs

60,620

 

 

 

Less beginning inventory

  10,080

            

            

            

Required: purchases

$50,540

            

            

            

 *For April sales: $72,000 sales × 70% cost ratio = $50,400

 †$51,100 × 20% = $10,220

 

Schedule of Expected Cash Disbursements—Merchandise Purchases

 

April

May

June

Quarter

March purchases

$36,500

 

 

$36,500

April purchases

12,635

$37,905

 

50,540

May purchases

 

 

 

 

June purchases

            

            

            

            

Total disbursements

$49,135

            

            

            

 

3. Complete the following:

 

Schedule of Expected Cash Disbursements—Selling and Administrative Expenses

 

April

May

June

Quarter

Salaries and wages

$12,500

 

 

 

Rent

3,600

 

 

 

Other expenses

    5,760

            

            

            

Total disbursements

$21,860

            

            

            

 

4. Complete the following cash budget:

 

Cash Budget

 

April

May

June

Quarter

Cash balance, beginning

$10,500

 

 

 

Add cash collections

 71,400

             

             

             

Total cash available

 81,900

             

             

             

Less cash disbursements.

 

 

 

 

For inventory

49,135

 

 

 

For expenses

21,860

 

 

 

For equipment

   9,000

             

             

             

Total cash disbursements

 79,995

             

             

             

Excess (deficiency) of cash

1,905

 

 

 

Financing:

 

 

 

 

Etc.

 

 

 

 

 

5. Prepare an absorption costing income statement similar to Schedule 9 for the quarter ending June 30. (Use the functional format in preparing your income statement, as shown in Schedule 9 in the text.)

 

6. Prepare a balance sheet as of June 30.

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