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Beech Corporation is a merchandising company that is preparing a master budget for the third quarter of the calendar year. The companys balance sheet as of June 30th is shown below:

Beech Corporation
Balance Sheet
June 30
Assets
Cash $ 96,000
Accounts receivable 139,000
Inventory 70,200
Plant and equipment, net of depreciation 228,000
Total assets $ 533,200
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Accounts payable $ 89,000
Common stock 333,000
Retained earnings 111,200
Total liabilities and stockholders equity $ 533,200

Beechs managers have made the following additional assumptions and estimates:

1. Estimated sales for July, August, September, and October will be $390,000, $410,000, $400,000, and $420,000, respectively.

2. All sales are on credit and all credit sales are collected. Each months credit sales are collected 35% in the month of sale and 65% in the month following the sale. All of the accounts receivable at June 30 will be collected in July.

3. Each months ending inventory must equal 30% of the cost of next months sales. The cost of goods sold is 60% of sales. The company pays for 40% of its merchandise purchases in the month of the purchase and the remaining 60% in the month following the purchase. All of the accounts payable at June 30 will be paid in July.

4. Monthly selling and administrative expenses are always $54,000. Each month $7,000 of this total amount is depreciation expense and the remaining $47,000 relates to expenses that are paid in the month they are incurred.

5. The company does not plan to borrow money or pay or declare dividends during the quarter ended September 30. The company does not plan to issue any common stock or repurchase its own stock during the quarter ended September 30.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for July, August, and September. Also compute total cash collections for the quarter ended September 30.

2-a. Prepare a merchandise purchases budget for July, August, and September. Also compute total merchandise purchases for the quarter ended September 30.

2-b. Prepare a schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for July, August, and September. Also compute total cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for the quarter ended September 30.

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Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2A Req 2B Req 3 Req 4 Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for July, August, and September. Also compute total cash collections for the quarter ended September 30. Schedule of Expected Cash Collections Month July AugustSeptember Quarter From July sales From August sales From September sales Total cash collections

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