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The marketing department of Graber Corporation has submitted the following sales

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Question

The marketing department of Graber Corporation has submitted the following sales forecast for the upcoming fiscal year. The selling price of the company's product is $23.00 per unit. Management expects to collect 70% of sales in the quarter in which the sales are made, 20% in the following quarter, and 10% of sales are expected to be uncollectible. The beginning balance of accounts receivable, all of which is expected to be collected in the first quarter, is $64,000. The company expects to start the first quarter with 1,950 units in finished goods inventory. Management desires an ending finished goods inventory in each quarter equal to 15% of the next quarter's budgeted sales. The desired ending finished goods inventory for the fourth quarter is 2,150 units. Compute the company's total sales. Complete the schedule of expected cash collections. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.) Prepare the company's production budget for the upcoming fiscal year. (Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Explanation / Answer

Solution :

1a company's total sales

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Year

budgeted units

13000

12000

11000

12000

48000

x selling price per unit

23

23

23

23

23

TOTAL SALES

299000

276000

253000

276000

1104000

1b expected cash collection schedule

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YEAR

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, BEGINING BALANCE

64000

64000

Q1 SALES

209300

59800

269100

Q2 SALES

193200

55200

248400

Q3 SALES

177100

50600

227700

Q4 SALES

193200

193200

TOTAL CASH COLLECTION

273300

253000

232300

243800

1002400

2. Production budget

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YEAR

Budgeted units sales

13000

12000

11000

12000

48000

Add :ending inventory (15% of next quarter sales)

1800

1650

1800

7200

12450

Less :Begining inventory

1950

1800

1650

1800

7200

Required Production

12850

11850

11150

17400

53250

1a company's total sales

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Year

budgeted units

13000

12000

11000

12000

48000

x selling price per unit

23

23

23

23

23

TOTAL SALES

299000

276000

253000

276000

1104000