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Watt’s Lighting Stores made the following sales projection for
the next six months. All sales are credit sales.
March | $44,000 | June | $48,000 | |
April | 50,000 | July | 56,000 | |
May | 39,000 | August | 58,000 | |
Sales in January and February were $47,000 and $46,000,
respectively. Experience has shown that of total sales, 5 percent
are uncollectible, 40 percent are collected in the month of sale,
50 percent are collected in the following month, and 5 percent are
collected two months after sale.
a. Prepare a monthly cash receipts schedule for
the firm for March through August.