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Near the end of 2011, the management of Simid Sports Co., amerchandising company, prepared the following estimated statementof financial position for December 31, 2011.

   

SIMID SPORTS COMPANY Estimated Statement of Financial position December 31, 2011
Assets
Cash				$	35,500
Accounts receivable					520,000
Inventory					150,000
Total current assets					705,500
Equipment	$	544,000
Less accumulated depreciation		68,000			476,000
Total assets				$	1,181,500
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable	$	360,000
Bank loan payable		15,000
Tax payable (due 3/15/2012)		92,000
Total liabilities				$	467,000
Share capital—ordinary		473,500
Retained earnings		241,000
Total stockholders’ equity					714,500
Total liabilities and equity				$	1,181,500

To prepare a master budget for January, February, and March of2012, management gathers the following information.

a.	Simid Sports’ single product is purchased for $30 per unit andresold for $57 per unit. The expected inventory level of 5,000units on December 31, 2011, is more than management’s desired levelfor 2012, which is 20% of the next month’s expected sales (inunits). Expected sales are: January, 7,250 units; February, 8,750units; March, 10,500 units; and April, 11,000 units.
b.	Cash sales and credit sales represent 25% and 75%, respectively,of total sales. Of the credit sales, 57% is collected in the firstmonth after the month of sale and 43% in the second month after themonth of sale. For the December 31, 2011, accounts receivablebalance, $130,000 is collected in January and the remaining$390,000 is collected in February.
c.	Merchandise purchases are paid for as follows: 20% in the firstmonth after the month of purchase and 80% in the second month afterthe month of purchase. For the December 31, 2011, accounts payablebalance, $80,000 is paid in January and the remaining $280,000 ispaid in February.
d.	Sales commissions equal to 20% of sales are paid each month.Sales salaries (excluding commissions) are $66,000 per year.
e.	General and administrative salaries are $144,000 per year.Maintenance expense equals $2,000 per month and is paid incash.
f.	Equipment reported in the December 31, 2011, statement offinancial position was purchased in January 2011. It is beingdepreciated over eight years under the straight-line method with noresidual value. The following amounts for new equipment purchasesare planned in the coming quarter: January, $35,000; February,$96,000; and March, $29,500. This equipment will be depreciatedunder the straight-line method over eight years with no residualvalue. A full month’s depreciation is taken for the month in whichequipment is purchased.
g.	The company plans to acquire land at the end of March at a costof $150,000, which will be paid with cash on the last day of themonth.
h.	Simid Sports has a working arrangement with its bank to obtainadditional loans as needed. The interest rate is 12% per year, andinterest is paid at each month-end based on the beginning balance.Partial or full payments on these loans can be made on the last dayof the month. The company has agreed to maintain a minimum endingcash balance of $36,513 in each month.
i.	The income tax rate for the company is 43%. Income tax on thefirst quarter’s income will not be paid until April 15.

  

Required:

Prepare a master budget for each of the first three months of2012; include the following component budgets:

1.	Monthly sales budgets. (Omit the "$" sign in yourresponse.)

2.	Monthly merchandise purchases budgets. (Units to bededucted should be indicated with a minus sign. Omit the "$" &"%" signs in your response.)

3.	Monthly selling expense budgets. (Omit the "$" &"%" signs in your response.)

4.	Monthly general and administrative expense budgets. (Donot round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answersto the nearest whole dollar. Omit the "$" sign in yourresponse.)

5.	Monthly capital expenditures budgets. (Leave no cellsblank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Input allamounts as positive values. Omit the "$" sign in yourresponse.)

6.

Monthly cash budgets. (Leave no cells blank - be certainto enter "0" wherever required. Input all amounts as positivevalues except negative preliminary cash balance and repayment ofloan to bank which should be indicated by a minus sign. Round yourintermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollaramount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)