The company will borrow 20000 from its bank by giving a new


Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The company's balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:
Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30

Assets
  Cash $ 9,000
  Accounts receivable
54,000
  Inventory
30,000
  Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation
207,000



  Total assets $ 300,000



Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  Accounts payable $ 63,000
  Note payable
14,500
  Common stock
180,000
  Retained earnings
42,500
  Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 300,000

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:
a. Sales are budgeted at $200,000 for May. Of these sales, $60,000 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. one - half month's credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made and the remainder are paid the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May.

b. Purchases of inventory are expected to total $120,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. 40% of all purchasees are paid for in the month of purchase, the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during may.

c. The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $40,000.

d. Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $72,000, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $2,000 for the month.

e. The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $100 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

f. New refrigerating equipment costing $6,500 will be purchased for cash during May.

g. During May, the company will borrow $20,000 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

1) Prepare a budget for May. Support your budget with a schedule of expected cash collections from sales and a schedule of expected cash disbursments for merchandise purchases.

2) Prepare a budgeted income statement for May. Use absorption costing income statement format.

3) prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of may 31st.

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