You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of earrings to various retail outlets located

in shopping malls across the country. In the past, the company has done very little in the way of budgeting and at certain times of the

year has experienced a shortage of cash. Since you are well trained in budgeting, you have decided to prepare a master budget for

the upcoming second quarter. To this end, you have worked with accounting and other areas to gather the information assembled

below.

The company sells many styles of earrings, but all are sold for the same price$-$ $$13$ per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last three

months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow $($in pairs of earrings$)$:

The concentration of sales before and during May is due to Mother's Day. Sufficient inventory should be on hand at the end of each

month to supply $40\%$ of the earrings sold in the following month.

Suppliers are paid $$4\mathrm{.}70$ for a pair of earrings. One$-$half of a month's purchases is paid for in the month of purchase; the other half is

paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit. Only $20\%$ of a month's sales are collected in the month of sale. An additional

$70\%$ is collected in the following month, and the remaining $10\%$ is collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts have been

negligible.

Monthly operating expenses for the company are given below:

Variable:

Sales commissions $4\%$ of sales

Fixed:

Advertising

Rent

Salaries

Utilities

Insurance

Depreciation

$$270,000$

$$25,000$

$$120,000$

$$10,500$

$$3,700$

$$21,000$

Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year.The company plans to purchase $$19,500$ in new equipment during May and $$47,000$ in new equipment during June; both purchases

will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $$20,250$ each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter.

The company's balance sheet as of March $31$ is given below:

The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $$57,000.$ All borrowing is done at the beginning of a month; any repayments are

made at the end of a month.

The company has an agreement with a bank that allows the company to borrow in increments of $$1,000$ at the beginning of each

month. The interest rate on these loans is $1\%$ per month and for simplicity we will assume that interest is not compounded. At the end

of the quarter, the company would pay the bank all of the accumulated interest on the loan and as much of the loan as possible $($in

increments of $$1,000),$ while still retaining at least $$57,000$ in cash.

Required:

Prepare a master budget for the three$-$month period ending June $30.$ Include the following detailed schedules:

a$.$ A sales budget, by month and in total.

b$.$ A schedule of expected cash collections, by month and in total.

c$.$ A merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in total.

d$.$ A schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases, by month and in total.

A cash budget. Show the budget by month and in total. Determine any borrowing that would be needed to maintain the minimum

cash balance of $$57,000.$

A budgeted income statement for the three$-$month period ending June $30.$ Use the contribution approach.

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Prepare a master budget for the three$-$month period ending June $30$ that includes a merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in total.

Note: Round unit cost to $2$ decimal places.

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