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Minor Landscaping Company Is Preparing Its Budget for the First

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Minor Landscaping Company is preparing its budget for the first quarter of 2017. The next step in the budgeting process is to prepare a cash receipts schedule and a cash payments schedule. To that end the following information has been collected.
Clients usually pay 60% of their fee in the month that service is provided 30% the month after and 10% the second month after receiving service.
Actual service revenue for 2016 and expected service revenues for 2017 are: November 2016 $120000; December 2016 $110000; January 2017 $140000; February 2017 $160000; March 2017 $170000.
Purchases on landscaping supplies (direct materials) are paid 40% in the month of purchase and 60% the following month. Actual purchases for 2016 and expected purchases for 2017 are: December 2016 $21000; January 2017 $20000; February 2017 $22000; March 2017 $27000.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the following schedules for each month in the first quarter of 2017 and for the quarter in total:
(1) Expected collections from clients.
(2) Expected payments for landscaping supplies.
(b) Determine the following balances at March 31 2017:
(1) Accounts receivable.
(2) Accounts payable.

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