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Garza Company expects to have a cash balance of $61,364 on January 1, 2010. Rele

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Question

Garza Company expects to have a cash balance of $61,364 on January 1, 2010.

Relevant monthly budget data for the first 2 months of 2010 are as follows.

Collections from customers: January $113,390, February $200,100.

Payments for direct materials: January $66,700, February $93,380.

Direct labor: January $40,020, February $60,030. Wages are paid in the month they are incurred.

Manufacturing overhead: January $28,014, February $33,350. These costs include depreciation of $1,334 per month. All other overhead costs are paid as incurred.

Selling and administrative expenses: January $20,010, February $26,680. These costs are exclusive of depreciation. They are paid as incurred.

Sales of marketable securities in January are expected to realize $13,340 in cash. Garza Company has a line of credit at a local bank that enables it to borrow up to $33,350. The company wants to maintain a minimum monthly cash balance of $26,680.

Complete the cash budget for January and February. (List multiple entries from largest to smallest amounts, e.g. 10, 5, 1 for January. If answer is zero, please enter 0, do not leave any fields blank.)

For the Months Ending February 28, 2010

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$

$

$

GARZA COMPANY Cash Budget

For the Months Ending February 28, 2010

January February Beginning cash balance

$

$

Add: Receipts                  

         Total receipts

Total available cash

Less: Disbursements                                    

         Total disbursements

Excess (deficiency) of available cash over cash disbursements Financing                  

Ending cash balance

$

$

Explanation / Answer

Cash budget is a simple concept that includes the cash inflows and the cash out flows during the period. Cash budget can be prepared as follows;

In the cash budget we have to add all the cash inflows to the cash in hand at the beginning of the period, and then we have to deduct all the cash out flows.

While preparing the cash budget we have to concentrate on the additional information. See here for sales we have to record the 30% of sales in the current month and the 60% in the following month, 8% in the second following month.

As you asked for the solution in steps, the steps for the preparation of cash budget are as follows;

Step 1: here we have to add the accounts receivables and sales to the cash in the beginning of the period. we will get the available cash by adding the all cash inflows. (we have to add all the cash inflows for the first month)

Step 2: here we have to record all the cash disbursements according to the given information (for the first month only). Here we will get total cash disbursements

Step 3: here we have to deduct the total cash disbursements from the available cash to get cash surplus/deficit.

Step 4: here we have to record the first month's cash surplus/deficit amount as the next month beginning cash balance.

Step 5: we have to rotate the same activity in the second and the third months.

Step 6: after getting the surplus cash balance in the final month, we have to deduct the other financing costs to get the cash at the end of the period.

Particulars

Jan

Feb

61,364

33,350

113,390

200,100

13,340

0

188,094

233,450

66,700

93,380

40,020

60,030

28,014

33,350

20,010

26,680

154,744

213,440

33,350

20,010

0

0

Particulars

Jan

Feb

Cash receipts: Cash in the beginning

61,364

33,350

Accounts receivable

113,390

200,100

Sales

13,340

0

Available cash (A)

188,094

233,450

Less: cash disbursements Purchase of direct material

66,700

93,380

Direct labor

40,020

60,030

Manufacturing overhead including depreciation

28,014

33,350

Selling and administrative expenses

20,010

26,680

Total cash disbursements (B)

154,744

213,440

Cash surplus (A-B)

33,350

20,010

Less: financing

0

0

Cash at the end of the period 33,350 20,010