Case 3
Part 1 - Cash Budget
The controller of the Box Company instructs you to prepare a monthly cash budget for the next three months. You are presented with the following budget information.
Current assets as of May 1 include cash of $33,000, marketable securities of $40,000, and accounts receivable of $90,000 ($72,000 from April sales and $18,000 from March sales).
May June July
Sales 100000 90000 80000
Manufacturing Costs 40000 60000 50000
Selling and Admin Expenses 15000 30000 20000
Capital Expenditures 50000
The company expects to sell about 10% of its merchandise for cash. Of the remaining 90% sales on account, 70% are expected to be collected in the month following the sale and the remainder the following month (second month following sale).
Of the manufacturing costs, 80% are expected to be paid in the month in which they are incurredand the balance in the following month. Current liabilities as of May 1 include $6,000 of accounts payable incurred in April for manufacturing costs which will be collected in May.
All selling and administrative expenses are paid in cash in the period they are incurred. An estimated income tax payment of $14,000 will be made in June. Sonoma's regular qtrly dividend of $5,000 is expected to be declared in June and paid in July.
Instructions
Budget of cash expenses for operating expenses | May | June | July |
Opening balance | $ 33,000 | $ 58,400 | $ 52,000 |
Add: Receipts | |||
Cash sales (10%) | $ 10,000 | $ 9,000 | $ 8,000 |
Credit sales (previous month) | $ 50,400 | $ 63,000 | $ 56,700 |
Credit sales (month before previous month) | $ 18,000 | $ 21,600 | $ 27,000 |
Total balance (opening + receipts) | $ 111,400 | $ 152,000 | $ 143,700 |
Less: Payments | |||
Manufacturing costs (80%) | $ 32,000 | $ 48,000 | $ 40,000 |
Manufacturing costs (20%) | $ 6,000 | $ 8,000 | $ 12,000 |
Selling and admin expenses | $ 15,000 | $ 30,000 | $ 20,000 |
Capital expenditures | $ 50,000 | ||
Income tax | $ 14,000 | ||
Dividends | $ 5,000 | ||
Total payments | $ 53,000 | $ 100,000 | $ 127,000 |
Closing balance | $ 58,400 | $ 52,000 | $ 16,700 |
Management desires to maintain a minimum cash balance of $30,000. On the basis of the cash budget prepared in part (1), they will not meet their goal in the month of July. The recommendation could be made to the controller to increase the cash that a loan can be taken or capital expenditure can be deferred.
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