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—$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)	22,800	June (budget)	52,800
February (actual)	28,800	July (budget)	32,800
March (actual)	42,800	August (budget)	30,800
April (budget)	67,800	September (budget)	27,800
May (budget)	102,800

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 $5.40 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	$	340,000
Rent	$	32,000
Salaries	$	134,000
Utilities	$	14,000
Insurance	$	4,400
Depreciation	$	28,000

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

The company plans to purchase $23,000 in new equipment during May and $54,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $25,500 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	$	88,000
Accounts receivable ($51,840 February sales; $616,320 March sales)		668,160
Inventory		146,448
Prepaid insurance		28,000
Property and equipment (net)		1,090,000
Total assets	$	2,020,608
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$	114,000
Dividends payable		25,500
Common stock		1,080,000
Retained earnings		801,108
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	2,020,608

The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $64,000. 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 $64,000 in cash.

Required:

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

1. b. A schedule of expected cash collections, 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 $64,000.

1b: Need help with the question-marked boxes.

Earrings Unlimited
Schedule of Expected Cash Collections
	April	May	June	Quarter
February sales	?	?	?	?
March sales	?	?	?	?
April sales	244,080	854,280	122,040	1,220,400
May sales	?	370,080	1,295,280	?
June sales	?	?	190,080	?
Total cash collections	?	?	?	?

For questions 2, listed below is what I have, everything that is BOLD with a QUESTION MARK is WRONG.

Earrings Unlimited
Cash Budget
For the Three Months Ending June 30
	April	May	June	Quarter
Beginning cash balance	$88,000	$64,024	$303,988	$88,000
Add collections from customers	835,200	1,301,400	1,607,400	3,744,000
Total cash available	923,200	1,365,424	1,911,388	3,832,000
Less cash disbursements:
Merchandise purchases	334,860	444,420	344,520	?
Advertising	48,816?	74,016?	38,016?	?
Rent	340,000?	340,000?	340,000?	?
Salaries	32,000?	32,000?	32,000?	?
Commissions	134,000?	134,000?	134,000?	?
Utilities	14,000	14,000	14,000	?
Equipment purchases	?	23,000	54,000	?
Dividends paid	25,500	?	?	?
Total cash disbursements	?	?	?	?
Excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements	?	?	?	?
Financing:
Borrowings	70,000	?	?	?
Repayments	?	?	(70,000)	?
Interest	?	?	(2,100)	?
Total financing	?	?	?	?
Ending cash balance	?	?	?	?

Answer 1