Walker Company prepares monthly budgets. The current budget
plans for a September ending merchandise inventory of 30,000 units.
Company policy is to end each month with merchandise inventory
equal to 15% of budgeted sales for the following month. Budgeted
sales and merchandise purchases for the next three months follow.
The company budgets sales of 200,000 units in October.
|
Sales (Units) |
|
Purchases (Units) |
July |
170,000 |
|
|
|
191,000 |
|
August |
310,000 |
|
|
|
308,500 |
|
September |
300,000 |
|
|
|
285,000 |
|
|
Prepare the merchandise purchases budgets for the months of
July, August, and September.
|
|
WALKER COMPANY |
Merchandise Purchases Budget |
For July, August, and September |
|
July |
August |
September |
Budgeted ending inventory units |
|
|
30,000 |
Budgeted units sales for month |
170,000 |
310,000 |
300,000 |
Required units of available
inventory |
|
|
330,000 |
Beginning inventory (units) |
|
|
|
Units to be purchased |
191,000 |
308,500 |
285,000 |
|