Question

Garden Depot is a retailer that is preparing its budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Management has prepared the following summary of its budgeted cash flows:

	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter
Total cash receipts	$360,000	$480,000	$410,000	$430,000
Total cash disbursements	$400,000	$370,000	$360,000	$380,000

The company’s beginning cash balance for the upcoming fiscal year will be $18,000. The company requires a minimum cash balance of $10,000 and may borrow any amount needed from a local bank at a quarterly interest rate of 3%. The company may borrow any amount at the beginning of any quarter and may repay its loans, or any part of its loans, at the end of any quarter. Interest payments are due on any principal at the time it is repaid. For simplicity, assume that interest is not compounded.

Required:

Complete the company's cash budget for the upcoming fiscal year. (Cash deficiency, repayments, and interest, should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Answer 1

--Requirement

	1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Year
Beginning Cash balance	$18,000	$10,000	$87,360	$137,360	$24,000
Total Cash receipts	$360,000	$480,000	$410,000	$430,000	$1,680,000
Total Cash available	$378,000	$490,000	$497,360	$567,360	$1,704,000
Less Total Cash Disbursements	$400,000	$370,000	$360,000	$380,000	$1,510,000
Excess (Deficiency) of cash available over disbursements	($22,000)	$120,000	$137,360	$187,360	$194,000
Financing:
Borrowings	$32,000	$0	$0	$0	$32,000
Repayments	$0	($32,000)	$0	$0	($32,000)
Interest	$0	($640)	$0	$0	($640)
Total Financing	$32,000	($32,640)	$0	$0	($640)
Ending Cash Balance	$10,000	$87,360	$137,360	$187,360	$193,360