Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The company’s balance sheet as of April 30 is given below: Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30 Assets   Cash $ 11,100 Accounts receivable 72,500 Inventory 37,500 Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation 238,000 Total assets $ 359,100 Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   Accounts payable $ 68,000 Note payable 19,400 Common stock 180,000 Retained earnings 91,700 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 359,100 The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data: Sales are budgeted at $255,000 for May. Of these sales, $76,500 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. One-half of a month’s credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made, and the remainder is collected in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May. Purchases of inventory are expected to total $189,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. Forty percent of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during May. The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $77,500. Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $93,600, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $6,250 for the month. The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $370 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.) New refrigerating equipment costing $8,600 will be purchased for cash during May. During May, the company will borrow $29,500 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year. Required: Calculate the expected cash collections from customers for May. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for May. Prepare a cash budget for May. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of May 31.

Principles of Accounting Volume 1
19th Edition
ISBN:9781947172685
Author:OpenStax
Publisher:OpenStax
Chapter3: Analyzing And Recording Transactions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 18EB: Krespy Corp. has a cash balance of $7,500 before the following transactions occur: A. received...
icon
Related questions
Question

Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The company’s balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:

Minden Company

Balance Sheet

April 30

Assets  
Cash $ 11,100
Accounts receivable 72,500
Inventory 37,500
Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation 238,000
Total assets $ 359,100
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity  
Accounts payable $ 68,000
Note payable 19,400
Common stock 180,000
Retained earnings 91,700
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 359,100

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

  1. Sales are budgeted at $255,000 for May. Of these sales, $76,500 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. One-half of a month’s credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made, and the remainder is collected in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May.

  2. Purchases of inventory are expected to total $189,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. Forty percent of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during May.

  3. The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $77,500.

  4. Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $93,600, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $6,250 for the month.

  5. The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $370 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

  6. New refrigerating equipment costing $8,600 will be purchased for cash during May.

  7. During May, the company will borrow $29,500 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

Required:

  1. Calculate the expected cash collections from customers for May.
  2. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for May.
  3. Prepare a cash budget for May.
  4. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.
  5. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of May 31.
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 5 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Ratio Analysis
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Principles of Accounting Volume 1
Principles of Accounting Volume 1
Accounting
ISBN:
9781947172685
Author:
OpenStax
Publisher:
OpenStax College
Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
Accounting
ISBN:
9781305961883
Author:
Carl Warren
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337690881
Author:
Jay Rich, Jeff Jones
Publisher:
Cengage Learning