Pasti Berhad values, advertises and sells residential property on behalf of its customers. The company has been in business for only a short time and is preparing a cash budget for the first four months of year 2020. Expected sales of residential properties are as follows. Year 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020 Month December January February March April Units sold 10 10 15 25 30 The average price of each property is RM180,000 and Pasti Berhad charges a fee of 3% of the value of each property sold. Pasti Berhad receives 1% in the month of sale and the remaining 2% in the month after sale. The company has ten employees who are paid monthly. The average salary per employee is RM36,000 per year. If more than 20 properties are sold in each month, each employee will be paid in that month a bonus of RM1,500 for each additional property sold. Variable expenses are incurred at the rate of 50% of the value of each property sold and these expenses are paid in the month of sale. Fixed overheads of RM44,300 per month are paid in the month in which they arise. Pasti Berhad pays interest every three months on a loan of RM200,000 at a rate of 6% per year. The last interest payment in each year is paid in December. An outstanding tax liability of RM95,800 is due to be paid in April. In the same month Pasti Berhad intends to dispose of surplus vehicles, with a net book value of RM15,000, for RM20,000. The cash balance at the start of January 2020 is expected to be a deficit of RM40,000. Required: a) Prepare a monthly cash budget for the period from January to April. Your budget must clearly indicate each item of income and expenditure, and the opening and closing monthly cashbalances. b) Discuss the factors to be considered by Pasti Berhad in planning ways to invest any cash surplus forecast by its cash budgets. c) Discuss the TWO (2) advantages and TWO (2) disadvantages to Pasti Berhad of using overdraft finance to fund any cash shortages forecast by its cash budgets.
Pasti Berhad values, advertises and sells residential property on behalf of its customers. The company
has been in business for only a short time and is preparing a
year 2020. Expected sales of residential properties are as follows.
Year 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020
Month December January February March April
Units sold 10 10 15 25 30
The average price of each property is RM180,000 and Pasti Berhad charges a fee of 3% of the value
of each property sold. Pasti Berhad receives 1% in the month of sale and the remaining 2% in the
month after sale. The company has ten employees who are paid monthly. The average salary per
employee is RM36,000 per year. If more than 20 properties are sold in each month, each employee
will be paid in that month a bonus of RM1,500 for each additional property sold.
Variable expenses are incurred at the rate of 50% of the value of each property sold and these
expenses are paid in the month of sale. Fixed overheads of RM44,300 per month are paid in the month
in which they arise. Pasti Berhad pays interest every three months on a loan of RM200,000 at a rate
of 6% per year. The last interest payment in each year is paid in December.
An outstanding tax liability of RM95,800 is due to be paid in April. In the same month Pasti Berhad
intends to dispose of surplus vehicles, with a net book value of RM15,000, for RM20,000. The cash
balance at the start of January 2020 is expected to be a deficit of RM40,000.
Required:
a) Prepare a monthly cash budget for the period from January to April. Your budget must clearly indicate each item of income and expenditure, and the opening and closing monthly cashbalances.
b) Discuss the factors to be considered by Pasti Berhad in planning ways to invest any cash surplus
c) Discuss the TWO (2) advantages and TWO (2) disadvantages to Pasti Berhad of using overdraft finance to fund any cash shortages forecast by its cash budgets.
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