Question

Maria Bockman, Bates & Hill Fabricators’ accounts payable manager, has just received the company’s direct materials purchases budget for the first quarter.

		January		February		March		Quarter
Budgeted purchase cost		$18,361		$36,768		$32,459		$87,588

The company makes all of its direct materials purchases on account. Maria’s recent review of the company’s payment history revealed that the company pays for 50% of its direct materials purchases in the month of purchase and 50% in the month following purchase. The company expects to have an accounts payable balance of $14,040 on January 1, and this amount represents the remaining payables from December’s direct materials purchases.

Prepare Concord & Hill’s cash payments budget for the coming year. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275. Enter answers in necessary fields only. Leave other fields blank. Do not enter 0.)

	Cash Payments Budget
			January	February	March	Total Cash Payments
	December A/P		$Enter a dollar amount Enter a dollar amount	$Enter a dollar amount Enter a dollar amount	$Enter a dollar amount Enter a dollar amount	$Enter a dollar amount Enter a dollar amount
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	March purchases		Enter a dollar amountEnter a dollar amount	Enter a dollar amountEnter a dollar amount	Enter a dollar amountEnter a dollar amount	Enter a dollar amountEnter a dollar amount
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Prepare Concord & Hill’s cash payments budget for the first quarter.

Accounts Payable balance

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Answer 1

	January	February	March	Total Cash Payments
December A/P	14040			14040
January purchases	9181	9181		18362
February purchases		18384	18384	36768
March purchases			16230	16230
Total	23221	27565	34614	85400
Accounts Payable balance	16230	=32459*50%

Workings:
	January	February	March
January purchases	=18361*50%	=18361*50%
February purchases		=36768*50%	=36768*50%
March purchases			=32459*50%