Question

Schedule of Cash Collections of Accounts Receivable

OfficeMart Inc. has "cash and carry" customers and credit customers. OfficeMart estimates that 30% of monthly sales are to cash customers, while the remaining sales are to credit customers. Of the credit customers, 20% pay their accounts in the month of sale, while the remaining 80% pay their accounts in the month following the month of sale. Projected sales for the next three months are as follows:

October	$131,000
November	164,000
December	240,000

The Accounts Receivable balance on September 30 was $88,000.

Prepare a schedule of cash collections from sales for October, November, and December. Round all calculations to the nearest whole dollar.

OfficeMart Inc.
Schedule of Cash Collections from Sales
For the Three Months Ending December 31
	October	November	December
Receipts from cash sales:
Cash sales	$	$	$
September sales on account:
Collected in October
October sales on account:
Collected in October
Collected in November
November sales on account:
Collected in November
Collected in December
December sales on account:
Collected in December
Total cash receipts	$	$	$

Answer 1

Prepare a schedule of cash collections from sales for October, November, and December. Round all calculations to the nearest whole dollar.

	October	November	December
Receipts from cash sales:	39300	49200	72000
Cash sales
September sales on account:
Collected in October	88000
October sales on account:
Collected in October	18340
Collected in November		73360
November sales on account:
Collected in November		22960
Collected in December			91840
December sales on account:
Collected in December			33600
Total cash receipts	145640	145520	197440