(7) Payments (1-month lag) $44,603.75 $36,472.65
(10) Wages and salaries $6,690.56 $5,470.90
(11) Rent $2,500.00 $2,500.00
(13) Total payments $53,794.31 $44,443.55
(17) Target cash balance $1,500.00 $1,500.00
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Annual purchases $3,000,000
TABLE IC 16.2 Cash Budget for January and February
Nov Dec Jan Feb March April
I. Collections and purchases worksheet
(1) Sales (gross) $71,218 $68,212 $65,213.00 $52,475.00 $42,909 $30,524
(2) During month of sale (0.2) × (1 – disc%) $12,781.75 $10,285.10
(6) 0.85 (forecasted sales 2 mos from now) $44,604 $36,472.65 $25,945.40
II. Cash gain or loss for month
(8) Total collections (from Section I) $67,651.95 $62,755.40
(9) Payments for purchases (from Section I) $44,603.75 $36,472.65
III. Cash surplus or loan requirement
(15) Cash at beginning of month $3,000.00 $16,857.64
Length of accounting year 365
Gross purchases = Annual purchases / (1 – Discount%)
Assume that SKI buys on terms of 1/10, net 30, but that it can get away with paying on the 40th day if it chooses
not to take discounts. Also assume that it purchases $3 million of components per year, net of discounts. How
much free trade credit can the company get, how much costly trade credit can it get, and what is the percentage
cost of the costly credit? Should SKI take discounts? Why or why not?
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(3) During first month after sale (0.7) $47,748.40 $45,649.10
(4) During second month after sale (0.1) $7,121.80 $6,821.20