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Transcribed Image Text:Required:
1. Calculate the expected cash collections for December.
2. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for December.
3. Prepare a cash budget for December. Indicate in the financing section any borrowing that will be needed during the month.
Assume that any interest will not be paid until the following month.
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Prepare a cash budget for December. Indicate in the financing section any borrowing that will be needed during the month.
Assume that any interest will not be paid until the following month.
Beginning cash balance
Ashton Company
Cash Budget
For the Month of December
Beginning cash balance
Add collections from customers
Total cash available
Less cash disbursements:
Payments to suppliers for inventory
Selling and administrative expenses
New web server
Borrowings
Repayments
Interest
For the Month of December
Dividends paid
Total cash disbursements
Excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements
Financing:
Total financing
Ending cash balance

Transcribed Image Text:prepare a December cash budget for Ashton Company, a distributor of exercise equipment. The
following information is available about the company's operations:
a. The cash balance on December 1 is $41,000.
b. Actual sales for October and November and expected sales for December are as follows:
Cash sales
Sales on account
October
$ 68,400
$ 415,000
November
$ 87,400
$ 614,000
December
$ 95,800
$ 692,000
Sales on account are collected over a three-month period as follows: 20% collected in the month of sale, 60% collected in the
month following sale, and 18% collected in the second month following sale. The remaining 2% is uncollectible.
c. Purchases of inventory will total $376,000 for December. Thirty percent of a month's inventory purchases are paid during
the month of purchase. The accounts payable remaining from November's inventory purchases total $174,500, all of which
will be paid in December.
d. Selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at $452,000 for December. Of this amount, $63,500 is for depreciation.
e. A new web server for the Marketing Department costing $86,500 will be purchased for cash during December, and
dividends totaling $10,500 will be paid during the month.
f. The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $20,000. An open line of credit is available from the company's bank
to increase its cash balance as needed.
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