State the reasons for the significant deterioration of the cash balance in the cash budget above given the operating profits recorded in the budgeted income statement.
Master Budget
A master budget can be defined as an estimation of the revenue earned or expenses incurred over a specified period of time in the future and it is generally prepared on a periodic basis which can be either monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or annually. It helps a business, an organization, or even an individual to manage the money effectively. A budget also helps in monitoring the performance of the people in the organization and helps in better decision-making.
Sales Budget and Selling
A budget is a financial plan designed by an undertaking for a definite period in future which acts as a major contributor towards enhancing the financial success of the business undertaking. The budget generally takes into account both current and future income and expenses.
State the reasons for the significant deterioration of the cash balance in the
![Vardy Virtual Viewing Ltd's Finance Department has prepared the following cash budget and budgeted income
statement for the first 3 months of the 2021/22 budget year, a period in which the company is expected to
return to profit.
Cash budget
January
February
March
Opening balance
10,056
(13,860)
(58,499)
RECEIPTS:
Cash sales
Credit sales
554,580
1,273,145
1,827,725
544,855
569,415
1,260,000
1.297,722
1,867,137
Total receipts
1,804,855
PAYΜENTS
(571,699)
(235,668)
(288,368)
(243,700)
(313,955)
(175,380)
(1,828,770) (1,872,365)
(23,916)
(598,922)
(229,000)
(299,903)
(243,700)
(321,952)
(178,888)
(626,529)
(223,457)
(310,339)
(243,700)
(330,808)
(176,991)
1,911,824)
(44,687)
Materials cash purchases
Materials credit purchases
Operating expenses
Fixed overheads
Production labour
Administration costs
Total payments:
(44,640)
(58,499)
Net cash flow
Balance c/f
(13,860)
(103,187)
Budgeted income statement
January
February
March
1,818,000
1,852,302
(1,060,500) (1,080,509) 1.110,524)
771,792
Sales
1,903,755
Cost of sales
Gross profit
757,500
793,231
Operating expenses
Fixed overheads
Administration costs
(299,903)
(285,873)
(175,380)
(761,156)
(310,339)
(285,873)
(178,888)
(775,100)
(319,533)
(285,873)
(176,991)
(782,398)
Total expenses
Operating profit/(loss)
The following information is relevant to the cash budget:
1 Credit customers are allowed one month's credit on sales;
z Credit suppliers allow one month credit on raw materials purchases;
(3,656)
(3,307)
10,833
3. Materials and production labour costs are included in the cost of sales in the budgeted income statement,](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff2ba0aa8-4bab-4da9-9a6a-804702009bc1%2Fa7d7a52b-95fd-41b7-b479-ec263bfdd0c3%2Fmugxwpl_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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