Garden Sales, Incorporated, sells garden supplies. Management is planning its cash needs for the second quarter. The company usually has to borrow money during this quarter to support peak sales of lawn care equipment, which occur during May. The following, information has been assembled to assist in preparing a cash budget for the quarter:
a. Budgeted monthly absorption costing income statements for April-July are:
Sales
Cost of goods sold
Gross margin
Selling and administrative expenses:
Selling expense
Administrative expense*
Total selling and administrative expenses
Net operating income
*Includes $17,000 of depreciation each month.
April
$ 470, 000
329,000
141.000
May
$ 1,000,000
700,000
300,000
June
$ 450,000
315,000
135,000
July
$ 350,000
245,000
105.000
91,000
42,500
133,500
$ 7,500
95,000
56,800
151,800
$ 148,200
56,000
35,000
91,000
$ 44,000
35,000
33,000
68,000
$ 37,000
- Sales are 20% for cash and 80% on account
- Sales on account are collected over a three-month period with 10% collected in the month of sale; 70% collected in the first month following the month of sale; and the remaining 20% collected in the second month following the month of sale. February's sales totaled $165,000, and March's sales totaled $225,000
- Inventory purchases are paid for within 15 days. Therefore, 50% of a month's inventory purchases are paid for in the month of purchase. The remaining 50% is paid in the following month. Accounts payable at March 31 for inventory purchases during March total $95,900.
- Each month's ending inventory must equal 20% of the cost of the merchandise to be sold in the following month. The merchandise inventory at March 31 is $65,800.
- Dividends of $25,000 will be declared and paid in April.
- Land costing $33,000 will be purchased for cash in May.
- The cash balance at March 31 is $47,000; the company must maintain a cash balance of at least $40,000 at the end of each month
1. The company has an agreement with a local bank that allows the company to borrow in increments of $1,000 at the beginning of each month, up to a total loan balance of $200,000. The interest rate on these loans is 1% per month and for simplicity we will assume that interest is not compounded. The company would, as far as it is able, repay the loan plus accumulated interest at the end of the quarter.
