Jackson Company has budgeted sales for the next five months as follows: Budgeted

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 Jackson Company has budgeted sales for the next five months as follows:                    Budgeted Sales in Units             January                6,200 units                               February               4,800 units                               March                  9,100 units                               April                  7,500 units May                    5,300 units                  Jackson's product sells for $18 per unit. Experience has shown that 10% of the company's sales are cash sales and 90% of the company's sales are made on account. On average, 30% of the sales on account are collected in the month of sale, 35% are collected in the month following sale, 20% are collected in the second month following sale, and the remaining 15% is collected three months after the month of sale.  Calculate Jackson Company's budgeted accounts receivable at May 31.

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Calculate budget account receivable at may 31 :

May May credit sales receivable (5300*18*90%*70%) 60102 April credit Sales receivable (7500*18*90%*35%) 42525 March credit sales receivable (9100*18*90%*15%) 22113 May 31 Account receivable 124740

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