Question

Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The company’s balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:

Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30
Assets
Cash	$	11,100
Accounts receivable		72,500
Inventory		37,500
Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation		238,000
Total assets	$	359,100
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable	$	68,000
Note payable		19,400
Common stock		180,000
Retained earnings		91,700
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	359,100

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

Sales are budgeted at $255,000 for May. Of these sales, $76,500 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. One-half of a month’s credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made, and the remainder is collected in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May.

Purchases of inventory are expected to total $189,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. Forty percent of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during May.

The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $77,500.

Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $93,600, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $6,250 for the month.

The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $370 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

New refrigerating equipment costing $8,600 will be purchased for cash during May.

During May, the company will borrow $29,500 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

Required:

1. Calculate the expected cash collections for May.

2. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for May.

3. Prepare a cash budget for May.

4. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

5. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of May 31.

Answer 1

3.CASH BUDGET FOR MAY MONTH:-

PARTICULARS	AMOUNT
Opening cash balance	$11,100
Cash sales(MAY)	$76,500
Cash reciepts of current month sales	$89,250
Cash reciepts of previous month sales	$72,500
Amount borrowed from bank	$29,500
LESS:-
Cash payment for purchases(MAY)	$75,600
Previous month account payable paid	$68,000
Note payable paid	$19,400
Interest on note payable	$370
Selling and distributive expenses	$93,600
Refrigerator payment	$8,600

Total cash available at the end of the month is $13,280.

4.BUDGETED INCOME STATEMENT for the MAY month:-

PARTICULARS	AMOUNT
Opening Inventory	$37500
Purchases	$189000
Selling and distribution expense	$93600
Depreciation	$6250
Interest on note payable	$370
Net Profit (b/f)	$5780
TOTAL	$332500
Sales	$255000
Closing Stock	$77500
TOTAL	$332500

5.BUDGETED BALANCE SHEET as of MAY 31st :-

Liabilities	Amount	Assets	Amount
Account's Payable	$113400	Cash	$13280
Note Payable	$29500	Inventory	$77500
Common Stock	$180000	Buildings	$231750
Retained Earnings	$97480	Account's Receivable	$89250
		Refrigerator	$8600
TOTAL	$420380		$420380