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Glow, Inc. is interested in purchasing some new manufacturingequipment right after the beginning of the new year. They wouldlike to finance the new equipment with cash and marketablesecurities, but if necessary they can get a short-term loan from alocal bank. You have been engaged to prepare a master budget forGlow, Inc. for the first quarter of 2016. Glow, Inc. is a small,rapidly growing manufacturer of lighting equipment. The company’smain product line is table lamps. The marketing manager hasrecently completed a sales forecast. She believes the company’ssales during the first quarter of 2016 will increase by 15 percenteach month over the previous month’s sales. Then sales are expectedto remain constant for several months. Glow Inc.’s projectedbalance sheet as of December 31, 2015 is as follows:

Cash $60,000

Accountsreceivable 312,000

Marketablesecurities 30,000

Inventory 261,625

Buildings and equipment (net of accumulateddepreciation) 1,298,519

Total assets $1,962,144

Accounts payable $366,844

Bond interestpayable 12,500

Property taxespayable 4,800

Bonds payable (10%; due in2020) 600,000

Common stock 750,000

Retainedearnings 228,000

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $1,962,144

The controller is now preparing a budget for the first quarterof 2016. In the process, the following information has beenaccumulated:

1) Projected sales for December 2015 are $650,000. Credit salesare typically 60% of total sales. Glow, Inc.’s credit experienceindicates that 20% of credit sales are collected during the monthof sale, and the remainder are collected during the followingmonth.

2) Glow, Inc.’s cost of goods sold generally runs at 70% ofsales. Inventory is purchased on account and 25% of each month’spurchases are paid during the month of purchase. The remainder ispaid during the following month. In order to have adequate stocksof inventory on hand, the company attempts to have inventory onhand at the end of each month equal to half of the next month’sprojected cost of goods sold.

3) The controller has estimated that Glow Inc.’s other monthlyexpenses will be as follows:

Sales salaries $20,000

Advertising andpromotion 25,000

Administrativesalaries 35,000

Depreciation 15,000

Interest onbonds 2,500

Propertytaxes 1,200

In addition, sales commissions run at the rate of 3 percent ofsales and are paid in the same month as the sale.

4) The company president has indicated that the company shouldinvest $275,000 in state of the art manufacturing equipment justafter the new year begins. This equipment purchase will be financedprimarily from the company’s cash and marketable securities.However, the president believes the company needs to keep a minimumcash balance of $50,000. If necessary, the remainder of theequipment purchase will be financed using short-term credit from alocal bank. The minimum period for such a loan is three months. Thecurrent short-term interest rates are 8 percent per year and areexpected to remain at this rate through the time the equipment ispurchased. If a loan is necessary, the president has decided itshould be paid off by the end of the first quarter if possible.

5) Glow, Inc.’s board of directors has indicated an intention todeclare and pay dividends of $100,000 on the last day of eachquarter.

6) The interest on any short-term borrowing will be paid whenthe loan is repaid. Interest on Glow, Inc.’s bonds is paidsemiannually on January 31 and July 31 for the preceding six-monthperiod.

7) Property taxes are paid semiannually on February 28 andAugust 31 for the preceding six-month period.

Required: Prepare Glow, Inc.’s master budget for thefirst quarter of 2016 by completing the following schedules andstatements. Round all answers to the nearest dollar (do not includecents).

1.)

Sales budget:

2015

2016

Decemeber

January

February

March

1st Quarter

Total sales

Cash sales

Sale on account

2.)

Cash receipts budget:

2016

January

February

March

1st Quarter

Cash sales

Cash collections from credit sales made

During current month

Cash collections from credit sales made

During preceding month

Total cash receipts

3.)

Purchse budget:

2015

2016

Decemeber

January

February

March

1st Quarter

Budgeted cost of goods sold

Add: Desired ending

Inventory

Total goods needed

Less: Expected beginning

Inventory

Purchases

4.)

Cash disbursements budget:

2016

January

February

March

1st Quarter

Inventory purchses:

Cash payments for puschases during the current month

Cash payments for puschases during the preceding month

Total cash payments for inventory purchases

Other expenses:

Sales salaries

Advertising and promotion

Administrative salaries

Interest on bonds

Property taxes

Sales commissions

Total cash payments for other expenses

Total cash disbursements

Complete the first three lines of the summary budget. Then dothe analysis of short-term financing needs in requirement (6). Usethis answer to help complete requirement (5)

5.)

Summary cash budget:

20x1

Cash receipts (sch 2)

January

February

March

1st Quarter

Less: Cash disbursements (sch 4)

Change in cash balance during period due to operations

Sale of marketable securities (1/2/16)

Proceeds from bank loan (1/2/16)

Purchase of equipment

Repayment of bank loan (3/31/16)

Interest on bank loan

Payment of dividends

Change in cash balance during first quarter

XXXXX

XXXXX

XXXXX

Cash balance, 1/1/16

XXXXX

XXXXX

XXXXX

Cash balance, 3/31/16

XXXXX

XXXXX

XXXXX

6.) Analysis of short-term financing needs:

Projected cash balance as of December 31, 2015

$

Less: minimum cash balance

Cash available for equipment purchases

$

Projected proceeds from sale of marketable securities

Cash available

$

Less: Cost of investment in equipment

Required short-term borrowing

$

7) Prepare Glow, Inc.’s budgeted income statement for the firstquarter of 2016. (Ignore income taxes.)

8) Prepare Glow, Inc.’s budgeted statement of retained earningsfor the first quarter of 2016.

9) EXTRA CREDIT (5 points): Prepare Glow, Inc.’s budgetedbalance sheet as of March 31, 2016. (Hint: On March 31, 2016, BondInterest Payable is $5,000 and Property Taxes Payable is$1,200.)

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