Mecca Company, a retailer of specialty wall-papers, prepares a monthly master budget. Data for the September master budget are given below:

a. The August 31st balance sheet (Actual):
	cash	$15,500	accounts payable	$53,760
	accounts receivable	90,000
	inventory	28,800	capital stock	268,000
	building and equipment (net)	200,000	retained earnings	12,540

b.	Actual sales for August and budgeted sales for September, October, and November are given below:
		August-Actual	$120,000
		September	360,000
		October	200,000
		November	180,000

c.	Sales are 25% for cash and 75% on credit. All credit sales are collected in the month following the sale. There are no bad debts.
d.	The gross margin percentage is 60% of sales. The desired ending inventory is equal to 20% of the following months COGS. One fifth of the purchases are paid for in the month of the purchase and the remaining 80% are purchased on account and paid in full the following month.
e.	The monthly operating expenses are $80,000 including the monthly depreciation of $9,000
f.	During September, Mancini Company will purchase new office equipment for $12,000 cash. Since it was purchased on September 30, no depreciation will be charged on the new equipment in September.
g.	Dividends of $15,500 were declared and paid in September.
h.	The company must maintain a minimum cash balance of $25,000. A line of credit is used to maintain this balance. Borrowing will be made in increments of $1,000. All borrowing is done at the beginning of the month andrepaymentsare made at the end of the month. The annual interest rate is 12%, paid when the loan is repaid ( ignore the accrual of interest).

Required:

Prepare a balance sheet, income statement, and cash budget for the month of September.