FIN430 ASSIGNMENT
Cash Management and Budgeting
The new owner of Bobs Boats Bob just purchased the business and discovered that the prior owner did not have a plan for managing the current assets of the company. Bob has decided that the place to start is with a cash budget using the template he used in his prior position.
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Bob has requested that you to complete the cash budget given the data that he has already retrieved from the companys records and from his own analysis.
Table-1:
Sales Forecast for the next 9 Months
Month
Sales
January
$ 162000.00
February
$ 168000.00
March
$ 324000.00
April
$ 485000.00
May
$ 648000.00
June
$ 325000.00
July
$ 325000.00
August
$ 80000.00
September
$ 162000.00
Collections on receivables have historically been collected as follows and this pattern is expected to continue:
Bob pays for the labor and materials in the month after they are incurred. Bob has also compiled the following information on expenses for the upcoming nine month period:
Table-2:
Month
Labor and Materials Expense
Administrative Salaries
Depreciation Charges
Income Taxes
Lease Payments
Miscellaneous Expenses
January
$ 80000.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
–
$8500.00
$ 3000.00
February
$ 80000.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
–
$ 8500.00
$ 3000.00
March
$ 114000.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
–
$ 8500.00
$ 3000.00
April
$ 794000.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
–
$ 8500.00
$ 3000.00
May
$ 275000.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
$ 58500.00
$8500.00
$ 3000.00
June
$ 210500.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
–
$ 8500.00
$ 3000.00
July
$ 146000.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
–
$ 8500.00
$ 3000.00
August
$ 80000.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
$ 58500.00
$ 8500.00
$ 3000.00
September
$ 81000.00
$ 25000.00
$ 34500.00
–
$ 8500.00
$ 3000.00
Bob has also identified a cash payment of $175000 upon completion of a new boat dock in July. As of March 1st the company now has $125000 in cash on hand and would like to maintain a minimum cash balance of $85000 at all times.Required: