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Foyert Corp. requires a minimum $7,600 cash balance. If necessary, loans are taken to meet this requirement at a cost of 1% interest per month (paid monthly). Any excess cash is used to repay loans at month-end. The cash balance on October 1 is $7,600 and the company has an outstanding loan of $3,600. Forecasted cash receipts (other than for loans received) and forecasted cash payments (other than for loan or interest payments) follow.
October | November | December | |||||||
Cash receipts | $ | 23,600 | $ | 17,600 | $ | 21,600 | |||
Cash payments | 26,400 | 16,600 | 14,400 | ||||||
Prepare a cash budget for October, November, and December.
(Negative balances and Loan repayment amounts (if any)
should be indicated with minus sign. Round your final answers to
the nearest whole dollar.)
Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Beginning Cash Balance | $ 7,600 | $ 7,600 | $ 7,600 |
Cash receipts | $ 23,600 | $ 17,600 | $ 21,600 |
Total Cash available | $ 31,200 | $ 25,200 | $ 29,200 |
Cash payments | $ 26,400 | $ 16,600 | $ 14,400 |
Interest Expense | $ 36 | $ 64 | $ 55 |
Preliminary Cash balance | $ 4,764 | $ 8,536 | $ 14,745 |
Additional Loan (Loan repayment) | $ 2,836 | $ (936) | $ (5,500) |
Ending Cash balance | $ 7,600 | $ 7,600 | $ 9,245 |
Loan balance - Beginning of month | $ 3,600 | $ 6,436 | $ 5,500 |
Additional loan (repayment) | $ 2,836 | $ (936) | $ (5,500) |
Loan balance - End of month | $ 6,436 | $ 5,500 | $ - |