Question

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—$10 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)	20,000	June (budget)	50,000
February (actual)	26,000	July (budget)	30,000
March (actual)	40,000	August (budget)	28,000
April (budget)	65,000	September (budget)	25,000
May (budget)	100,000

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 $4 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:

Variable:
Sales commissions		4	% of sales
Fixed:
Advertising	$	200,000
Rent	$	18,000
Salaries	$	106,000
Utilities	$	7,000
Insurance	$	3,000
Depreciation	$	14,000

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

The company plans to purchase $16,000 in new equipment during May and $40,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $15,000 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter.

The company’s balance sheet as of March 31 is given below:

Assets
Cash	$	74,000
Accounts receivable ($26,000 February sales; $320,000 March sales)		346,000
Inventory		104,000
Prepaid insurance		21,000
Property and equipment (net)		950,000
Total assets	$	1,495,000
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$	100,000
Dividends payable		15,000
Common stock		800,000
Retained earnings		580,000
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	1,495,000

The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $50,000. 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 $50,000 in cash.

Required:

Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30. Include the following detailed schedules:

1. a. A sales budget, by month and in total.

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

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

    d. A schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases, by month and in total.

2. A cash budget. Show the budget by month and in total. Determine any borrowing that would be needed to maintain the minimum cash balance of $50,000.

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.

Answer 1

Solution:

Part 1a –

Sales Budget
	April	May	June	Quarter total
Expected Unit Sales	65,000	100,000	50,000	215,000
Unit Selling Price	$10	$10	$10	$10
Budgeted Sales in dollars	$650,000	$1,000,000	$500,000	$2,150,000

Part 1b – A schedule of expected cash collections, by month and in total

Schedule of Expected Cash Collection
	Sales on Account	% Collected	April	May	June	Quarter
	(From part 1)
February Sales (Collected in April)	$260,000	10%	$26,000
March Sales (Collect in April)	$400,000	70%	$280,000
March Sales (Collect in May)	$400,000	10%		$40,000
April Sales (Collect in April)	$650,000	20%	$130,000
April Sales (Collect in May)	$650,000	70%		$455,000
April Sales (Collect in June)	$650,000	10%			$65,000
May Sales (Collect in May)	$1,000,000	20%		200000
May Sales (Collect in June)	$1,000,000	70%			700000
June Sales (Collect in June)	$500,000	20%			$100,000
Total Expected Cash Collection			$436,000	$695,000	$865,000	$1,996,000

Part 1c – A merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars

Merchandise Purchase Budget					Working
	April	May	June	Quarter	July	August
Next Month's Expected Unit Sales	100000	50000	30000		28000	25,000
Ratio of Ending inventory to future sales	40%	40%	40%		40%	40%
Budgeted Finished Goods Ending Inventory (units)	40000	20000	12000		11200	10,000
Add: Budgeted Sales (units)	65000	100000	50000		30000	28,000
Required units of available production	105000	120000	62000		41200	38,000
Less: Budgeted Beginning Inventory (Ending Finished Goods Inventory of last month)	26000	40000	20000		12000	11200
Units to be purchased	79000	80000	42000	201000	29,200	26,800
Purchase Price per Unit	$4	$4	$4	$4
Budgeted Purchases in dollars	$316,000	$320,000	$168,000	$804,000

Part 1d – A schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases, by month and in total

Schedule of Expected Cash Disbursements for merchandise purchases
	April	May	June	Quarter Ending
Accounts Payable beginning	$100,000
April Purchases (50% in April & 50% in May)	$158,000	$158,000
May Purchases (50% in May & 50% in June)		$160,000	$160,000
June Purchases (50% in June)			$84,000
Total Expected Cash disbursements	$258,000	$318,000	$244,000	$820,000

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