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Question 1 in this assignment will not be graded. However you NEED it for the facts...

Question 1 in this assignment will not be graded. However you NEED it for the facts of the problem assigned specifically to you and you will use it to check answers from the excel spreadsheet. You will turn in the excel spreadsheet as your Budget Project, part 1 and THAT will be graded.

Once you get the correct numbers in your spreadsheet you do not to to re-enter them below. Just enter the numbers you are still needing to check. (Remember, Question 1. is not graded.)

Question 2 in this assignment must be completed in OWL and is GRADED. Your points on this question are your grade for Budget Project, part 2.

Save your excel budget as you go. You will need it to complete OWL question 2, as well as to turn in as Budget Project, Part 1.

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Fabulous is a retail company that sells specialized gardening products. The company is considering opening a new store on October 1, Year1. As budget coordinator, you have been asked to prepare a master budget for the first 3 months of the company’s operation. You have gathered the following information:

October sales are estimated to be $500000 of which 45 percent will be cash and the remainder will be on credit. The company expects all sales to increase at the rate of 10 percent per month for November and December. Sales in January Year 2 are expected to be $400000.

The company expects to collect 100 percent of the accounts receivable generated by credit sales in the month following the sale.

Prepare a sales budget and a schedule of cash receipts using these facts and your excel template. Check your answers here before moving to the next part, by completing the cells requested in the chart below.

a. Sales Budget October November December Total-Qtr
Cash sales
Sales on account   
Total budgeted sales
b. Schedule of Cash Receipts October November December Total-Qtr
Current cash sales
Plus collections from A/R    
Total collections        

The cost of goods sold is 80 percent of sales. The company desires to maintain a minimum ending inventory equal to 30 percent of the next month’s cost of goods sold. (Ending inventory for December is based on budgeted January Year2 sales.)

Assume that all inventory purchases are made on account (on credit). The company pays 40 percent of accounts payable in the month of purchase and the remaining amount in the following month.

In excel, prepare an inventory purchases budget and a cash payments budget for inventory purchases. Use the check figures below before you continue.

c. Inventory Purchases Budget October November December Total-Qtr
Budgeted cost of goods sold
Plus desired ending inventory
Inventory needed
Less beginning inventory
Required purchases (on account)
d. Cash payments for inventory October November December Total-Qtr
Payment of current month's A/P    
Payment for prior month's A/P        
Total budgeted payments    

Budgeted selling and administrative expenses per month follow.

  • Salary expense (fixed): $ 38400
  • Sales commissions:  5 percent of Sales
  • Supplies expense:   2 percent of Sales
  • Utilities (fixed): $3200              
  • Depreciation on store equipment (fixed)*:   You compute    
  • Rent (fixed) $ 12000          
  • Miscellaneous (fixed): $ 2000      

*The capital expenditures budget indicates that the company will spend $900000 on October 1 for store fixtures, which are expected to have a $24000 residual value and a 96 month useful life.

Utilities and sales commissions are paid the month after they are incurred; all other expenses are paid in the month in which they are incurred.

In excel, prepare the selling and administrative expenses budget and the cash payments budget for selling and administrative expenses. Check the key figures below.

e. Selling and Admin.Expense Budget October November December Total-Qtr
Salary expense
Sales commissions    
Supplies expense
Utilities    
Depreciation on store fixtures    
Rent
Miscellaneous
Total S&A expenses    
f. Cash payments for S&A October November December Total-Qtr
Salary expense
Sales commissions    
Supplies expense
Utilities    
Depreciation on store fixtures   
Rent
Miscellaneous
Total payments for S&A expenses    

Fabulous issued common stock for $600000 on October 5.

A dividend of $2600 was paid on December 15.

The company borrows and repays funds in increments of $1,000 on the last day of the month. The company also pays its vendors on the last day of the month. It pays interest of 1percent per month in cash on the last day of the month. To be prudent, the company desires to maintain a $40000 cash cushion.   

Prepare a cash budget on your excel template. Check key figure below.

g. Cash Budget October November December Total-Qtr
Beginning cash balance        
Issuance of stock
Collections from customers    
Cash available    
Less payments
   For inventory purchases
   For S&A expenses
   Purchase of store fixtures
    Pay dividend
   Interest expense   
Total budgeted payments    
Cash balance before borrow/repay
Financing activity
   Borrowing (repayment)   
Ending cash balance    

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