From the following information which relates to George and Zola Co you are required to     Ø      prepare a month by month cash flow forecast for the second half of 2015 and to append such   Ø      brief comments as you consider might be helpful to management. Ø    Ø    (a)        The company’s only product, a vest, sells at $200 and has a variable cost of $50 made up of material $25, labour $15 and overhead $10. Ø    Ø    (b)        Fixed costs of $10,000 per month are paid on the 28th of each month. Ø    Ø    (c)        Quantities sold/to be sold on credit Ø                May    June       July            Aug      Sept      Oct           Nov       Dec Ø             3,000    1,400   1,800           1,600    1,800     2,000  1,200     2,200 Ø  (d)          Production Quantities Ø     May       June   July           Aug      Sept     Oct      Nov             Dec Ø   2,200     1,400      1,600    2,200    2,400  2,600  2,400        2,100 Ø    Ø    (e)        Cash sales at a discount of 8% are expected to average 240 units a month Ø    (f)        Customers settled their accounts at the end of the month of sale. Ø    (g)        Suppliers of material are paid two months after the material is used in production Ø    (h)        Wages are paid in the same month as they are incurred Ø    (i)         30% of the variable overhead is paid in the month of production, the remainder in the following month Ø    (j)         Corporation tax $18,000 is to be paid in four instalments May, June , September, and December Ø  A new delivery vehicle was bought in July 2015.  It cost $8,000 and is to be paid for in August the next year.  An old vehicle was sold for $1600, the buyer undertaking to pay in July2015. Ø    (l)         The company is expected to have debit $30,000 cash at the bank at 30 June 2015 Ø    (m)      No increases or decreases in raw materials, work in progress or finished goods are planned over the period. Ø

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Ø      From the following information which relates to George and Zola Co you are required to    

Ø      prepare a month by month cash flow forecast for the second half of 2015 and to append such  

Ø      brief comments as you consider might be helpful to management.

Ø   

Ø    (a)        The company’s only product, a vest, sells at $200 and has a variable cost of $50 made up of material $25, labour $15 and overhead $10.

Ø   

Ø    (b)        Fixed costs of $10,000 per month are paid on the 28th of each month.

Ø   

Ø    (c)        Quantities sold/to be sold on credit

Ø                May    June       July            Aug      Sept      Oct           Nov       Dec

Ø             3,000    1,400   1,800           1,600    1,800     2,000  1,200     2,200

Ø  (d)          Production Quantities

Ø     May       June   July           Aug      Sept     Oct      Nov             Dec

Ø   2,200     1,400      1,600    2,200    2,400  2,600  2,400        2,100

Ø   

Ø    (e)        Cash sales at a discount of 8% are expected to average 240 units a month

Ø    (f)        Customers settled their accounts at the end of the month of sale.

Ø    (g)        Suppliers of material are paid two months after the material is used in production

Ø    (h)        Wages are paid in the same month as they are incurred

Ø    (i)         30% of the variable overhead is paid in the month of production, the remainder in the following month

Ø    (j)         Corporation tax $18,000 is to be paid in four instalments May, June , September, and December

Ø  A new delivery vehicle was bought in July 2015.  It cost $8,000 and is to be paid for in August the next year.  An old vehicle was sold for $1600, the buyer undertaking to pay in July2015.

Ø    (l)         The company is expected to have debit $30,000 cash at the bank at 30 June 2015

Ø    (m)      No increases or decreases in raw materials, work in progress or finished goods are planned over the period.

Ø   

 

 

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