Question

Hamby 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:

Hamby Corporation
Balance Sheet
June 30
Assets
Cash	$	76,000
Accounts receivable		137,000
Inventory		86,100
Plant and equipment, net of depreciation		230,000
Total assets	$	529,100
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$	91,000
Common stock		312,000
Retained earnings		126,100
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	529,100

The company managers have made the following additional assumptions and estimates:

1. Estimated sales for July, August, September, and October will be $410,000, $430,000, $420,000, and $440,000, 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 30% of the cost of next month’s sales. The cost of goods sold is 70% 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 $58,000. Each month $8,000 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.

questions:

a)How much is the Company's expected cash collections in the month of August?

b)How much is the Company's expected cash disbursement for merchandise in the month of July?

c)How much is the Company's expected merchandise purchases in the month of September?

d)How much is the Company's expected Net Operating Income for the quarter ending on September 30?

e) How much is the Company's expected Accounts Receivable balance on September 30?

pls help!!!

Answer 1

a) Expected cash collections in the month of August August Collection of July sales (65%) $ 266,500 ($ 410,000 * 65%) Collection of August sales (35%) $ 150,500 ($ 430,000 * 35%) $ 417,000 b) Expected cash disbursements for merchadise in the month of July July Cost of goods sold for July $ 287,000 ($ 410,000 * 70%) Cash disbursement for July purchases $ 114,800 ($ 287,000 * 40%) Cash disbursement accounts payable $ 91,000 $ 205,800 * c) Expected merchandise purchases in the month of September September October Cost of goods sold for September $ 294,000 $ 308,000 ($ 420,000 * 70%) ($ 440,000 * 70%) Add: Desired ending inventory $ 92,400 ($ 308,000 * 30%) Total needs $ 386,400 Less: Beginning inventoy $ 88,200 ($ 294,000 * 30%) $ 298,200

d) Expected Net Operating Income for the quarter ending on September 30 July August September Sales $ 410,000 $ 430,000 $ 420,000 $ Less: Cost of goods sold (70% of sales) $ 287,000 $ 301,000 $ 294,000 $ Gross Profit $ 123,000 $ 129,000 $ 126,000 $ Less: Selling & administrative expenses $ 58,000 $ 58,000 $ 58,000 $ Net Operating Income $ 65,000 $ 71,000 $ 68,000 $ Quarter 1,260,000 882,000 378,000 174,000 204,000 $ $ $ 273,000 ($ 420,000 * 65%) e) Expected accounts receivable balance on September 30 This will be collected in the following month (September sales * 65%)