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Walker Company prepares monthly budgets. The current budget
plans for a September ending merchandise inventory of 36,000 units.
Company policy is to end each month with merchandise inventory
equal to 20% of budgeted sales for the following month. Budgeted
sales and merchandise purchases for the next three months follow.
The company budgets sales of 180,000 units in October.
| Sales (Units) | Purchases (Units) | |||||
| July | 210,000 | 228,000 | ||||
| August | 300,000 | 302,000 | ||||
| September | 310,000 | 284,000 | ||||
Prepare the merchandise purchases budgets for the months of July,
August, and September.
| WALKER COMPANY | |||
| Merchandise purchase budget | |||
| For July, August and September | |||
| July | August | September | |
| Budgeted ending inventory | 300,000*20% = 60,000 | 310,000*20% = 62,000 | 180,000*20% = 36,000 | 
| Add: Budgeted units sales | 210,000 | 300,000 | 310,000 | 
| Required units available inventory | 270,000 | 362,000 | 346,000 | 
| Less: Beginning inventory | 210,000*20% = 42,000 | 300,000*20% = 60,000 | 310,000*20% = 62,000 | 
| Units to be purchased | 228,000 | 302,000 | 284,000 | 
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