Question

Beech Corporation is a merchandising company that is preparing a master budget for the third quarter of the calendar year. The company’s balance sheet as of June 30th is shown below:

Beech Corporation Balance Sheet June 30
Assets
Cash	$  93,000
Accounts receivable	127,000
Inventory	45,000
Plant and equipment, net of depreciation	219,000
Total assets	$ 484,000
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$  80,000
Common stock	330,000
Retained earnings	74,000
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 484,000

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Required information

Beech’s managers have made the following additional assumptions and estimates:

1. Estimated sales for July, August, September, and October will be $300,000, $320,000, $310,000, and $330,000, respectively.

2. All sales are on credit and all credit sales are collected. Each month’s credit sales are collected 35% in the month of sale and 65% in the month following the sale. All of the accounts receivable at June 30 will be collected in July.

3. Each month’s ending inventory must equal 25% of the cost of next month’s sales. The cost of goods sold is 60% of sales. The company pays for 40% of its merchandise purchases in the month of the purchase and the remaining 60% in the month following the purchase. All of the accounts payable at June 30 will be paid in July.

4. Monthly selling and administrative expenses are always $56,000. Each month $6,000 of this total amount is depreciation expense and the remaining $50,000 relates to expenses that are paid in the month they are incurred.

5. The company does not plan to borrow money or pay or declare dividends during the quarter ended September 30. The company does not plan to issue any common stock or repurchase its own stock during the quarter ended September 30.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for July, August, and September. Also compute total cash collections for the quarter ended September 30.

   

2-a. Prepare a merchandise purchases budget for July, August, and September. Also compute total merchandise purchases for the quarter ended September 30.

   

2-b. Prepare a schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for July, August, and September. Also compute total cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for the quarter ended September 30.

   

3. Prepare an income statement for the quarter ended September 30.

   

4. Prepare a balance sheet as of September 30.

Answer 1

Solution 1
Schedule of expected cash collection - Beech Corporation
Particulars	July	August	September	Total
Accounts Receivables from June	$1,27,000.00			$1,27,000.00
Cash received for July Sale	$1,05,000.00	$1,95,000.00		$3,00,000.00
Cash received for August Sale		$1,12,000.00	$2,08,000.00	$3,20,000.00
Cash received for September Sale			$1,08,500.00	$1,08,500.00
Budgeted Cash Collection	$2,32,000.00	$3,07,000.00	$3,16,500.00	$8,55,500.00
Solution 2a:
Material Purchase Budget - Beech Corporation
Particulars	July	August	September	Total
Budgeted Cost of goods sold	$1,80,000.00	$1,92,000.00	$1,86,000.00	$5,58,000.00
Add: Desired ending merchandise inventory	$48,000.00	$46,500.00	$49,500.00	$49,500.00
Total Needs	$2,28,000.00	$2,38,500.00	$2,35,500.00	$6,07,500.00
Less: Opening Inventory	$45,000.00	$48,000.00	$46,500.00	$45,000.00
Required purchases	$1,83,000.00	$1,90,500.00	$1,89,000.00	$5,62,500.00
Solution 2b:
Schedule of expected cash disbursement for merchandise purchases - Beech Corporation
Particulars	July	August	September	Total
Payables from June	$80,000.00			$80,000.00
July Purchases	$73,200.00	$1,09,800.00		$1,83,000.00
August Purchases		$76,200.00	$1,14,300.00	$1,90,500.00
September Purchases			$75,600.00	$75,600.00
Total payments in month	$1,53,200.00	$1,86,000.00	$1,89,900.00	$5,29,100.00

Solution 3:
Income Statement - Beech Corporation
For Quarter Ended - September 30
Particulars	Amount
Sales	$9,30,000.00
Cost of Sales	$5,58,000.00
Gross Profit	$3,72,000.00
Selling and adminstrative expenses	$1,68,000.00
Net operating income	$2,04,000.00
Interest expense	$0.00
Net Income	$2,04,000.00

Solution 4:
Balance Sheet- Beech Corporation
30-Sep
Particulars	Amount
Assets:
Cash ($93,000 + $855,500 - $529100 - $50,000*3)	$2,69,400.00
Accounts receivables ($250,000*65%)	$2,01,500.00
Inventory	$49,500.00
Plant and equipment net of depreciation ($219,000 - $6,000*3)	$2,01,000.00
Total Assets	$7,21,400.00
Liabilities and stockholder's Equity:
Accounts payable ($189,000*60%)	$1,13,400.00
Common Stock	$3,30,000.00
Retained Earnings ($74,000 + $204,000)	$2,78,000.00
Total liabilities and stockholders equity	$7,21,400.00