The following data have been taken from the budget reports of Kenyon Company, a merchandising company.
Purchases | Sales | ||||||
January | $ | 190,000 | $ | 130,000 | |||
February | $ | 190,000 | $ | 230,000 | |||
March | $ | 190,000 | $ | 270,000 | |||
April | $ | 170,000 | $ | 330,000 | |||
May | $ | 170,000 | $ | 290,000 | |||
June | $ | 150,000 | $ | 270,000 | |||
Forty percent of purchases are paid for in cash at the time of purchase, and 30% are paid for in each of the next two months. Purchases for the previous November and December were $180,000 per month. Employee wages are 10% of sales for the month in which the sales occur. Marketing and administrative expenses are 20% of the following month's sales. (July sales are budgeted to be $250,000.) Interest payments of $50,000 are paid quarterly in January and April. Kenyon's cash disbursements for the month of April would be: (CMA adapted)
Multiple Choice
$315,370.
$254,331.
$323,000.
$178,000.
Calculation of cash disbursements for April | |
Cash Payment for April purchases (170,000 x 40%) | 68,000 |
Cash Payment for March purchases (190,000 x 30%) | 57,000 |
Cash payment for February purchases (190,000 x 30%) | 57,000 |
Cash payment for employees wages ( 330,000 x 10%) | 33,000 |
Cash payment for marketing and administrative expense (290,000 x 20%) | 58,000 |
Cash payment for interest | 50,000 |
Total cash disbursement | $323,000 |
Kenyon's cash disbursements for the month of April would be $323,000.
Third option is correct option
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