Question

The Hammerly Corporation is preparing its master budget for the quarter ending March 31. It sells a single product for $25 a unit. Budgeted sales are 40% cash and 60% on credit. All credit sales are collected in the month following the sales. Budgeted unit sales as provided by Regional Vice Presidents of Sales across the United States for the next four months follow:

Key Facts

	January	February	March	April
Sales in units ……………….	1,200	1,000	1,600	1,400

At December 31, the balance in accounts receivable is $10,000, which represents the uncollected portion of December sales. The company desires merchandise inventory equal to 30% of the next month's sales in units. The December 31 balance of merchandise inventory is 340 units, and inventory cost is $10 per unit. 40% of purchases are paid in the month of purchase and 60% are paid in the following month. At December 31, the balance of Accounts Payable is $8,000, which represents the unpaid portion of December's purchases.

Other Relevant and Important Budget Assumptions:

Operating expenses are paid in the month incurred and consist of:

· Sales commissions (10% of sales)

· Freight (2% of sales)

· Office salaries ($2,400 per month)

· Rent ($4,800 per month)

Legal and Professional Services are $500 per month

Depreciation expense is $4,000 per month. The income tax rate is 40%, and income taxes will be paid on April 15. A minimum cash balance of $10,000 is required by the company’s major bank/lender, and the cash balance at December 31 is $10,200. Loans are obtained at the end of a month in which a cash shortage occurs. Interest is 1% per month, based on the beginning of the month loan balance, and must be paid each month (The interest payment is rounded to the nearest whole dollar). If the ending cash balance exceeds the minimum, the excess will be applied to repaying any outstanding loan balance. At December 31, the loan balance is $0.

Prepare a master budget (round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar) for each of the months of January, February, and March that includes the following major categories of the budget process:

Sales budget, Production Budget, Purchases Budget, Selling, General & Adminstrative Budget (SG&A), Cash Budget, Cash Payments Budget, etc:

· Schedule of cash receipts

· Merchandise purchases budget

· Schedule of cash payments for merchandise purchases

· Schedule of cash payments for selling and administrative expenses (combined)

· Cash budget, including information on the loan balance

· Budgeted income statement for the quarter

Answer 1