Chapter 23, Problem 23.16E

(a)

To determine

Budgeting: A process to prepare statement that represents financial data for the future periods is called budgeting. It is used for evaluating the difference of the planned estimates and actual amounts.

Cash Budget: A cash budget is the prepared to predict the cash receipts and payment in an organization during a particular period of time. Cash budget is a summary of cash flows transaction related to operating, investing and financing activities. While preparing cash budget the non-cash expenses like depreciation, issuance, and receipt of stock dividends are excluded.

To prepare: Cash budget for first quarter of 2017.

(b)

To determine

The way the cash budgeting helps to reduce the cost of short-borrowing.