At March 31 Streuling Enterprises,a merchandising firm,had an inventory of 38,000 units,and it had accounts receivable totaling $85,000.Sales,in units,have been budgeted as follows for the next four months:
Streuling's board of directors has established a policy to commence in April that the inventory at the end of each month should contain 40% of the units required for the following month's budgeted sales.
The selling price is $2 per unit.One-third of sales are paid for by customers in the month of the sale,the balance is collected in the following month.
Required:
a.Prepare a merchandise purchases budget showing how many units should be purchased for each of the months April,May,and June.
b.Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for each of the months April,May,and June.

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At March 31 Streuling Enterprises,a merchandising firm,had an inventory of 38,000 units,and it had accounts receivable totaling $85,000.Sales,in units,have been budgeted as follows for the next four months:
  Streuling's board of directors has established a policy to commence in April that the inventory at the end of each month should contain 40% of the units required for the following month's budgeted sales.
The selling price is $2 per unit.One-third of sales are paid for by customers in the month of the sale,the balance is collected in the following month.
Required:
a.Prepare a merchandise purchases budget showing how many units should be purchased for each of the months April,May,and June.
b.Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for each of the months April,May,and June.

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The Answer of At March 31 Streuling Enterprises,a merchandising firm,had an inventory of 38,000 units,and it had accounts receivable totaling $85,000.Sales,in units,have been budgeted as follows for the next four months:
  Streuling's board of directors has established a policy to commence in April that the inventory at the end of each month should contain 40% of the units required for the following month's budgeted sales.
The selling price is $2 per unit.One-third of sales are paid for by customers in the month of the sale,the balance is collected in the following month.
Required:
a.Prepare a merchandise purchases budget showing how many units should be purchased for each of the months April,May,and June.
b.Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for each of the months April,May,and June.

At March 31 Streuling Enterprises,a Merchandising Firm,had an Inventory of 38,000