Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The...

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Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The companys balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:

Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30
Assets
Cash $ 11,500
Accounts receivable 64,750
Inventory 47,000
Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation

220,000

Total assets $

343,250

Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Accounts payable $ 70,750
Note payable 19,900
Common stock 180,000
Retained earnings

72,600

Total liabilities and stockholders equity $

343,250

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

a.

Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for May. Of these sales, $87,000 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. One-half of a months credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made, and the remainder is collected in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May.

b.

Purchases of inventory are expected to total $210,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. Forty percent of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during May.

c. The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $79,500.
d.

Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $96,300, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $5,800 for the month.

e.

The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $450 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

f. New refrigerating equipment costing $7,600 will be purchased for cash during May.
g.

During May, the company will borrow $23,700 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

Required:
1-a.

Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales and a schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases..

Schedule of Expected Cash Collections
Cash salesMay
Collections on account receivable:
April 30 balance
May sales

Total cash receipts

schedule of cash disbursement
April 30 accounts payable balance
May purchases
Total cash payments $0

1-b.

Prepare a cash budget for May. (Cash deficiency, repayments and interest should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Minden Company
Cash Budget
For the Month of May
Beginning cash balance
Add collections from customers
Total cash available 0
Less cash disbursements:
Purchase of inventory
Selling and administrative expenses
Purchases of equipment
Total cash disbursements 0
Excess of cash available over disbursements 0
Financing:
Borrowingnote

Repaymentsnote

interest

total financing

ending cash balance

2. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

3.

Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of May 31.

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