Cash Budget LeeAnn Ortiz owns a retail store that sells new and used sporting equipment. LeeAnn has requested a cash budget for October. After examining the records of the company, you find the following: Cash balance on October 1 is $1,110. Actual sales for August and September are as follows:     August   September Cash sales   $6,000       $4,500     Credit sales   58,000       61,000         Total sales   $64,000       $65,500     Credit sales are collected over a three-month period: 40 percent in the month of sale, 36 percent in the next month, and 22 percent in the second month after the sale. The remaining sales are uncollectible. Inventory purchases average 70 percent of a month's total sales. Of those purchases, 45 percent are paid for in the month of purchase. The remaining 55 percent are paid for in the following month. Salaries and wages total $3,850 per month. Rent is $3,150 per month. Taxes to be paid in October are $1,635. LeeAnn usually withdraws $3,500 each month as her salary. Advertising is $1,500 per month. Other operating expenses total $3,800 per month. Internet and telephone fees are $340 per month. LeeAnn tells you that she expects cash sales of $5,000 and credit sales of $64,000 for October. She likes to have $3,000 on hand at the end of the month and is concerned about the potential October ending balance. Required: Question Content Area Prepare a cash budget for October. Include supporting schedules for cash collections and cash payments. Round your intermediate computations and final answers to the nearest dollar. Wooster Sporting Goods StoreCash BudgetFor the Month of October Beginning cash balance     Collections:     Cash sales     Credit sales:     October     September     August     Total cash available     Disbursements:     Inventory purchases:     October     September     Salaries and wages     Rent     Taxes     Other operating expenses     Owner withdrawal     Advertising     Internet and telephone     Ending cash balance       Question Content Area Explain how each of the four data analytic types—descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, or prescriptive—can be used in LeeAnn's budgeting process. (See Exhibits 2.5 and 2.6, for a review of data analytic types.) The cash budget is used both ______ to describe what is expected given LeeAnn's assumptions

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Cash Budget

LeeAnn Ortiz owns a retail store that sells new and used sporting equipment. LeeAnn has requested a cash budget for October. After examining the records of the company, you find the following:

  1. Cash balance on October 1 is $1,110.
  2. Actual sales for August and September are as follows:
        August   September
    Cash sales   $6,000       $4,500    
    Credit sales   58,000       61,000    
        Total sales   $64,000       $65,500    
  3. Credit sales are collected over a three-month period: 40 percent in the month of sale, 36 percent in the next month, and 22 percent in the second month after the sale. The remaining sales are uncollectible.
  4. Inventory purchases average 70 percent of a month's total sales. Of those purchases, 45 percent are paid for in the month of purchase. The remaining 55 percent are paid for in the following month.
  5. Salaries and wages total $3,850 per month.
  6. Rent is $3,150 per month.
  7. Taxes to be paid in October are $1,635.
  8. LeeAnn usually withdraws $3,500 each month as her salary.
  9. Advertising is $1,500 per month.
  10. Other operating expenses total $3,800 per month.
  11. Internet and telephone fees are $340 per month.

LeeAnn tells you that she expects cash sales of $5,000 and credit sales of $64,000 for October. She likes to have $3,000 on hand at the end of the month and is concerned about the potential October ending balance.

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Prepare a cash budget for October. Include supporting schedules for cash collections and cash payments. Round your intermediate computations and final answers to the nearest dollar.

Wooster Sporting Goods StoreCash BudgetFor the Month of October
Beginning cash balance    
Collections:    
Cash sales    
Credit sales:    
October    
September    
August    
Total cash available    
Disbursements:    
Inventory purchases:    
October    
September    
Salaries and wages    
Rent    
Taxes    
Other operating expenses    
Owner withdrawal    
Advertising    
Internet and telephone    
Ending cash balance    
 

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Explain how each of the four data analytic types—descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, or prescriptive—can be used in LeeAnn's budgeting process. (See Exhibits 2.5 and 2.6, for a review of data analytic types.)

The cash budget is used both ______ to describe what is expected given LeeAnn's assumptions.

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