Help with last area please? You have just been hired as a new management trainee

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Help with last area please?

You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of earrings to various retail outiets 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 comprehensive budgets for the upcoming second quarter in order to show management the benefits that can be gained from an integrated budgeting program. 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-$15 per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last three months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow (in pairs of earrings): 22,200 June (budget) 28,200 July (budget) 42,200 August (budget) 67,200 September (budget) 52,200 January (actual) February (actual) March (actual) April (budget) May (budget) 30,200 27,200 102,200 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 $5.1 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, with no discount, and payable within 15 days. The company has found, however, that 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: 4% of sales Sales commissions Fixed Rent Salaries Utilities Insurance Depreciation S 310,000 S 29,000 $128,000 $ 12,500 $ 4,100 S 25,000 Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year. The company plans to purchase $21,500 in new equipment during May and $51,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $23,250 each quarter payable in the first month of the following quarter A listing of the company's ledger accounts as of March 31 is given below: A listing of the company's ledger accounts as of March 31 is given below: Assets Cash Accounts receivable ($42,300 February sales; $506,400 March sales) S 85,000 548,700 137,088 26,500 1,060,000 Prepaid insurance Property and equipment (net) Total assets s 1,857,288 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable Dividends payable Common stock Retained earnings S 111.000 23,250 1,020,000 703,038 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity s 1,857,288 The company maintains a minimum cash balance of S61,000. 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 $61,000 in cash

Explanation / Answer

The cash budget has to be corrected . The collection from customer for February sale should be $43,200 and not $43,299. Hence the cash balance will be $449,210 and not $449,309.

EARNINGS UNLIMITED Balance sheet as at June 30 Assets Cash 449210 Accounts Receivablle Note 1 779700 Merchandise Inventory 65688 Prepaid insurance Note 2 14200 Property and equipment, net Note 3 1057500 Total Assets 2366298 Acounts payable Note 4 112710 Dividend payable (Paid in April) 0 common stock 1020000 Retained earnings Beginning balance 703038 Net income for the quarter 530550 Ending balance 1233588 Total Liabilities and equity 2366298 1. Accounts receivable Balance of May sales(1,533,000 x 10%) 153300 Balance of June sales(783,000 x 80%) 626400 Total Accounts receivable 779700 2. Prepaid insurance Prepaid insurance as at April 1 26500 Expensed for the quarter -12300 Balance as at June 30 14200 3. Property and equipment Property and equipment as at April 1 1060000 Additions during the quarter 72500 Depreciation for the quarter -75000 Property and equipment as at June 30 1057500 4. Accounts payable = 50% of June purchases                                            =50% of 225,420 = $112,710

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