Question

Thornton Company is a retail company that specializes in selling outdoor camping equipment. The company is considering opening a new store on October 1, 2019. The company president formed a planning committee to prepare a master budget for the first three months of operation. As budget coordinator, you have been assigned the following tasks:

d. The company pays 70 percent of accounts payable in the month of purchase and the remaining 30 percent in the following month. Prepare a cash payments budget for inventory purchases.

e. Budgeted selling and administrative expenses per month follow:

Salary expense (fixed)	$	19,500
Sales commissions		4	% of Sales
Supplies expense		2	% of Sales
Utilities (fixed)	$	2,900
Depreciation on store fixtures (fixed)*	$	5,500
Rent (fixed)	$	6,300
Miscellaneous (fixed)	$	2,700

1. *The capital expenditures budget indicates that Thornton will spend $167,000 on October 1 for store fixtures, which are expected to have a $35,000 salvage value and a two-year (24-month) useful life.

Use this information to prepare a selling and administrative expenses budget.

The company pays 70 percent of accounts payable in the month of purchase and the remaining 30 percent in the following month. Prepare a cash payments budget for inventory purchases. (Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amounts.)

	October November December Schedule of Cash Payments Budget for Inventory Purchases Payment of current month's accounts payable Payment for prior month's accounts payable Total budgeted payments for inventory $0 $0 $0

Prepare a selling and administrative expenses budget.

	October November December Selling and Administrative Expense Budget Salary expense Sales commissions Supplies expense Utilities Depreciation on store fixtures Rent Miscellaneous Total S&A expenses $0 $0 $0

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Requirement D	Schedule of Cash Payment Budget for Purchases:
		October	November	December	Total
Payment for Current Month Payable	70%	$       246,960	$                  270,088	$       274,442	$       791,490
Payment for Prior Month Payable			$                  105,840	$       115,752	$       221,592
Total Budgeted Payment for Inventory		$       246,960	$                  375,928	$       390,194	$   1,013,082
Requirement E	Selling and Administrative Budget
		October	November	December	Total
Salary Expenses		$         19,500	$                    19,500	$         19,500	$         58,500
Sales Commission	4% of Sale	$         16,000	$                    20,800	$         27,040	$         63,840
Supplies Expense	2% of Sale	$            8,000	$                    10,400	$         13,520	$         31,920
Utilities		$            2,900	$                       2,900	$            2,900	$           8,700
Depreciation		$            5,500	$                       5,500	$            5,500	$         16,500
Rent		$            6,300	$                       6,300	$            6,300	$         18,900
Miscellaneous		$            2,700	$                       2,700	$            2,700	$           8,100
Total Selling and Admin Expense		$         60,900	$                    68,100	$         77,460	$       206,460