Question

Garden Depot is a retailer that is preparing its budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Management has prepared the following summary of its budgeted cash flows:

	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter
Total cash receipts	$	270,000	$	420,000	$	300,000	$	320,000
Total cash disbursements	$	323,000	$	293,000	$	283,000	$	303,000

The company’s beginning cash balance for the upcoming fiscal year will be $38,000. The company requires a minimum cash balance of $10,000 and may borrow any amount needed from a local bank at a quarterly interest rate of 3%. The company may borrow any amount at the beginning of any quarter and may repay its loans, or any part of its loans, at the end of any quarter. Interest payments are due on any principal at the time it is repaid. For simplicity, assume that interest is not compounded.

Required:

Prepare the company’s cash budget for the upcoming fiscal year. (Repayments, and interest, should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Answer 1

Solution

Garden Depot
Cash budget
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Year
Beginning Cash balance	$     38,000.00	$       10,000.00	$   110,500.00	$   127,500.00	$           38,000.00
Total cash receipt	$ 270,000.00	$     420,000.00	$   300,000.00	$   320,000.00	$     1,310,000.00
Total cash available	$ 308,000.00	$     430,000.00	$   410,500.00	$   447,500.00	$     1,348,000.00
Less: Total cash disbursement	$ 323,000.00	$     293,000.00	$   283,000.00	$   303,000.00	$     1,202,000.00
Excess of cash available over disbursement	$ (15,000.00)	$     137,000.00	$   127,500.00	$   144,500.00	$        146,000.00
Financing:
Borrowings	$     25,000.00				$           25,000.00
Repayments	$                    -	$     (25,000.00)	$                     -	$                     -	$        (25,000.00)
Interest	$                    -	$       (1,500.00)	$                     -	$                     -	$           (1,500.00)
Total financing	$     25,000.00	$     (26,500.00)	$                     -	$                     -	$           (1,500.00)
Ending cash balance	$     10,000.00	$     110,500.00	$   127,500.00	$   144,500.00	$        144,500.00

Working note

Loan is taken at the beginning of the quarter and paid at the end of second . This means Loan of 25000 is taken at beginning of Q1 and repaid at End of Q2 so 2 Quarters interest will be paid on $25000.

Beginning cash of Quarter 1 is the beginning cash of Year.