Objectives 1) Use the stated collection policy of an entity to determine the expected monthly collections for trade receivables 2) Given the collection policy of suppliers, compute the expected cash disbursements for accounts payable 3) Given an expected set of expected business events for an entity, develop a monthly cash budget (with a total column) for the entity, clearly showing the cash receipts and cash payments and the minimum cash balance before financing. 4) Use the collection/payment policy to determine the balances to be reflected in the balance sheet as expected trade receivables and payables at a given date. 5) State and explain internal measures that can be implemented by a business entity to increase its’ monthly cash balance. SALLAT Household Furnishings
Objectives
1) Use the stated collection policy of an entity to determine the expected monthly collections for trade receivables
2) Given the collection policy of suppliers, compute the expected cash disbursements for accounts payable
3) Given an expected set of expected business events for an entity, develop a monthly
4) Use the collection/payment policy to determine the balances to be reflected in the balance sheet as expected trade receivables and payables at a given date.
5) State and explain internal measures that can be implemented by a business entity to increase its’ monthly cash balance.
SALLAT Household Furnishings & Appliances is a family-owned business. You are the
- i) Extracts from the sales and purchases budgets are as follows:
|
Month |
Cash Sales |
Sales On Account |
Cash Purchases |
Purchases On Account |
|
May |
$75,000 |
$480,000 |
|
$390,000 |
|
june |
$135,000 |
$600,000 |
$36,000 |
$360,000 |
|
july |
$86,800 |
$720,000 |
$61,700 |
$450,000 |
|
august |
$105,600 |
$640,000 |
$68,800 |
$400,000 |
|
september |
$112,500 |
$800,000 |
$77,250 |
$500,000 |
- ii) An analysis of the records shows that trade receivables (
accounts receivable ) for sales on account are settled according to the following credit pattern, in accordance with the credit terms 5/30, n90: 50% in the month of sale 35% in the first month following the sale 15% in the second month following the sale
iii) Accounts Payable are settled as follows, in accordance with the credit terms – 4/30, n60: 70% in the month in which the inventory is purchased 30% in the following month
- iv) Computer equipment, which is estimated to cost $350,000, will be acquired in August. The manager has planned with the supplier to make a cash deposit of 50% of the amount upon signing of the agreement in August, with the balance to be settled in four equal monthly instalments, starting in September 2022.
- v) A treasury bond purchased by the company with a face value of $560,000 is expected to mature on July 20, 2022. To meet the financial obligations of the business the management team has decided to liquidate the investment upon maturity. On that date, quarterly interest computed at a rate of 7½ % per annum is also expected to be collected.
- vi) Fixed operating expenses, which accrue evenly throughout the year, are estimated to be $1,812,000 per annum [including
depreciation on non-current assets of $37,000 per month] and are settled monthly.
vii) The management Sallat Household has negotiated with a tenant for rental of storage space beginning on July 1. The rental is expected to be $840,000 per annum and will be paid over by the tenant quarterly in advance. Rental relating to the quarter under review becomes due on July 1.
viii) Other operating expenses are expected to be $432,000 per annum and will be settled monthly.
- ix) Wages and salaries are expected to be $2,304,000 per annum and will be paid monthly.
- x) In the month of August, furniture & fixtures, which cost $455,000, will be sold to an employee at a loss of $20,000. Accumulated depreciation on the furniture & fixtures at that time is expected to be $305,000. The employee will be allowed to pay a deposit equal to 60% of the selling price in August with the balance settled in two equal amounts in September & October.
- xi) As part of its investing activities, the management of Sallat Household Furnishings & Appliances is in the process of completing a major addition to the business property, which is estimated to cost $1,200,000, and which is being funded by external borrowing. $420,000 of the principal, along with interest of $14,200 is due to be paid on July 15, 2022.
xii) The cash balance on September 30, 2022, is expected to be an overdraft of $147,500.
Required:
- The business needs to have a sense of its future cash flows and therefore requires the preparation of the following:
▪ A schedule of budgeted cash collections for trade receivables (sales on account) for each of the months July to September.
▪ A schedule of expected cash disbursements for accounts payable (purchases on account) for each of the months July to September.
▪ A cash budget, with a total column, for the quarter ending September 30, 2022, showing the expected cash receipts and payments for each month and the ending cash balance for each of the three months, given that no financing activities took place.
- Another team member who is preparing the Budgeted Balance Sheet for the business for the same quarter ending September 30, 2022, has asked you to furnish him with the figures for the expected trade receivables and payables to be included in the statement. Is that a reasonable request? If yes, what should these amounts be?
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- Another team member who is preparing the Budgeted Balance Sheet for the business for the same quarter ending September 30, 2022, has asked you to furnish him with the figures for the expected trade receivables and payables to be included in the statement. Is that a reasonable request? If yes, what should these amounts be?
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