A cash budget, by quarters, is given below for a retail company (000 omitted). The company requires a minimum cash balance of at least $5,000 to start each quarter. Fill in the missing amounts. (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars. Cash deficiencies and Repayments should be indicated by a minus sign.) -this is the answer that I entered and it says it is incomplete and I can't figure out why? |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Correct Answer:
Quarter (000 omitted) |
(000 omitted) |
||||
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
year |
|
Cash Balance Beginning |
$ 6.00 |
$ 5.00 |
$ 5.00 |
$ 5.00 |
$ 6.00 |
Add: Collection from Customers |
$ 65.00 |
$ 70.00 |
$ 96.00 |
$ 92.00 |
$ 323.00 |
Total Cash Available |
$ 71.00 |
$ 75.00 |
$ 101.00 |
$ 97.00 |
$ 329.00 |
Less: Disbursements |
|||||
Purchase of Inventory |
$ 35.00 |
$ 45.00 |
$ 48.00 |
$ 35.00 |
$ 163.00 |
Selling and Administrative expenses |
$ 28.00 |
$ 30.00 |
$ 30.00 |
$ 25.00 |
$ 113.00 |
Equipment purchases |
$ 8.00 |
$ 8.00 |
$ 10.00 |
$ 10.00 |
$ 36.00 |
Dividends |
$ 2.00 |
$ 2.00 |
$ 2.00 |
$ 2.00 |
$ 8.00 |
Total Disbursements |
$ 73.00 |
$ 85.00 |
$ 90.00 |
$ 72.00 |
$ 320.00 |
Excess (deficiency) of cash |
$ (2.00) |
$ (10.00) |
$ 11.00 |
$ 25.00 |
$ 9.00 |
Financing |
|||||
Borrowing |
$ 7.00 |
$ 15.00 |
0 |
0 |
$ 22.00 |
repayments (including interest) |
0 |
0 |
$ (6.00) |
$ (17.00) |
$ (23.00) |
Total Financing |
$ 7.00 |
$ 15.00 |
$ (6.00) |
$ (17.00) |
$ (1.00) |
|
|||||
Cash Balance Ending |
$ 5.00 |
$ 5.00 |
$ 5.00 |
$ 8.00 |
$ 8.00 |
The answer is complete, maybe there is some technical issue, or you can try entering zero where no number is required.
End of Answer.
Thanks
Get Answers For Free
Most questions answered within 1 hours.