Beech Corporation is a merchandising company that is preparing amaster budget for the third quarter of the calendar year. Thecompany’s balance sheet as of June 30th is shown below:

Beech Corporation
Balance Sheet
June 30
Assets
Cash	$	72,000
Accounts receivable		128,000
Inventory		60,900
Plant and equipment, net of depreciation		218,000
Total assets	$	478,900
Liabilities and Stockholders’Equity
Accounts payable	$	79,000
Common stock		308,000
Retained earnings		91,900
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	478,900

Exercise 8-12

Beech’s managers have made the following additional assumptionsand estimates:

1. Estimated sales for July, August, September, and October will be$290,000, $310,000, $300,000, and $320,000, respectively.

2. All sales are on credit and all credit sales are collected. Eachmonth’s credit sales are collected 35% in the month of sale and 65%in the month following the sale. All of the accounts receivable atJune 30 will be collected in July.

3. Each month’s ending inventory must equal 30% of the cost of nextmonth’s sales. The cost of goods sold is 70% of sales. The companypays for 40% of its merchandise purchases in the month of thepurchase 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 $5,000 of this total amount is depreciation expense andthe remaining $49,000 relates to expenses that are paid in themonth they are incurred.

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

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for July,August, and September.

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

2-b. Prepare a schedule of expected cash disbursements formerchandise purchases for July, August, and September.

3. Prepare an income statement that computes net operatingincome for the quarter ended September 30.

4. Prepare a balance sheet as of September 30.