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Retailer Budget D. Tomlinson Retail seeks your assistance in developing cash and other bud...

Retailer Budget D. Tomlinson Retail seeks your assistance in developing cash and other budget information for May, June, and July. The store expects to have the following balances at the end of April:

Cash

$ 5,500

Accounts receivable

437,000

Inventories

309,400

Accounts payable

133,055

The firm follows these guidelines in preparing its budgets:

•         Sales. All sales are on credit with terms of 3/10, n/30. Tomlinson bills customers on the last day of each month. The firm books receivables at gross amounts and collects 60 percent of the bill­ings within the discount period, 25 percent by the end of the month, and 9 percent by the end of the second month. The firm’s experience suggests that 6 percent is likely to be uncollectible and is written off at the end of the third month.

•         Purchases and expenses. All purchases and expenses are on open account. The firm pays its payables over a two-month period with 54 percent paid in the month of purchase. Each month’s units of ending inventory should equal 130 percent of the next month’s cost of sales. The cost of each unit of inventory is $20. Selling and general and administrative expenses, of which $2,000 is depreciation, equal 15 percent of the current month’s sales.

Actual and projected sales follow:

Month

Dollars

Units

Month

Dollars

Units

March

$354,000

11,800

June

342,000

11,400

April

363,000

12,100

July

360,000

12,000

May

357,000

11,900

August

366,000

12,200

Required

1. Prepare schedules showing budgeted purchases for May and June.


2. Prepare a schedule showing budgeted cash disbursements during June.


3. Prepare a schedule showing budgeted cash collections during May.


4. Determine gross and net balances of accounts receivable on May 31.

 

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