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Beech Corporation is a merchandising company that is preparing amaster budget for the third quarter of the calendar year. Thecompany’s balance sheet as of June 30th is shown below:

Beech Corporation
Balance Sheet
June 30
Assets
Cash $ 93,000
Accounts receivable 127,000
Inventory 45,000
Plant and equipment, net ofdepreciation 219,000
Total assets $ 484,000
Liabilitiesand Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable $ 80,000
Common stock 330,000
Retained earnings 74,000
Total liabilities andstockholders’ equity $ 484,000


Beech’s managers have made the following additional assumptionsand estimates:

-Estimated sales for July, August, September, and October willbe $300,000, $320,000, $310,000, and $330,000, respectively.

-All sales are on credit and all credit sales are collected.Each month’s credit sales are collected 35% in the month of saleand 65% in the month following the sale. All of the accountsreceivable at June 30 will be collected in July.

-Each month’s ending inventory must equal 25% of the cost ofnext month’s sales. The cost of goods sold is 60% of sales. Thecompany pays for 40% of its merchandise purchases in the month ofthe purchase and the remaining 60% in the month following thepurchase. All of the accounts payable at June 30 will be paid inJuly.

-Monthly selling and administrative expenses are always $56,000.Each month $6,000 of this total amount is depreciation expense andthe remaining $50,000 relates to expenses that are paid in themonth they are incurred.

-The company does not plan to borrow money or pay or declaredividends during the quarter ended September 30. The company doesnot plan to issue any common stock or repurchase its own stockduring the quarter ended September 30.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for July,August, and September. Also compute total cash collections for thequarter ended September 30.

2-a. Prepare a merchandise purchases budget for July, August,and September. Also compute total merchandise purchases for thequarter ended September 30.

2-b. Prepare a schedule of expected cash disbursements formerchandise purchases for July, August, and September. Also computetotal cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for the quarterended September 30.

3. Prepare an income statement for the quarter ended September30.

4. Prepare a balance sheet as of September 30.

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Hubert Koch
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28 Sep 2019

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