Chapter 23, Problem 23.17E

(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 combination of the cash collections and cash payment schedule of the organization for the given accounting period. The cash budget records the summary of all the cash flow transactions related to the operating, investing and financing activities. The cash budget also includes the non-cash transactions like depreciation expense, issuance, receipt of stock dividends, non-collectible accounts expense and gains and losses on the sale of assets.

Cash Collections: This refers to the amount of cash which a company expects to collect from the customers within a specific accounting period. A schedule is prepared to record the cash collected.

Cash Payments: This refers to the amount of cash that should be paid to the creditors in the given accounting period. A schedule is prepared to record the cash payments.

To prepare: A schedule of expected collection from customers for March.

(b)

To determine

To prepare: A schedule of expected payments of direct materials for March.