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TOPIC: Budgeting
In Gr 10 and 11 you learnt about ...
basic budgeting concepts | forecasting | cash budget | zero based budget | capital budget | long-term budget |
medium-term budget | budget period | cash surplus | cash shortfall | debtors collection schedule
This lesson will enable you to...
• understanding the concepts related to budgets
• prepare a debtors collection schedule
• prepare and present a Cash Budget for a sole trader
• prepare a Projected Income Statement
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ACTIVITY 2
You are given the incomplete Cash Budget and Projected Income Statement of Grand Fashions for
the period 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2020.
REQUIRED:
2.1 Complete the Debtors’ Collection Schedule.
2.2 Complete the Cash Budget.
2.3 Complete the Projected Income Statement
2.4 Comment on the debtors’ collection policy and the creditors’ payment period and the effect
this is having on the cash position of the business.
2.5 Should the owner be concerned about the cash position of the business?
Discuss TWO points by referring to two separate figures.
INFORMATION:
A. DEBTORS’ COLLECTION SCHEDULE
Months Credit sales November December
September 200 000 90 000
October 250 000
November
December
Total
SURPLUS (DEFICIT)
Opening bank balance 98 400
Closing bank balance
D. Additional information:
1. Cash sales amount to 40% of all sales.
2. Debtors are given 30 days to settle their accounts. However, past trends have revealed the following:
▪ 50% pay in 30 days, i.e. the month following the sale, subject to a 10% discount
▪ 45% pay in 60 days, i.e. 2 months after the sale
▪ 5% is written off after 60 days
3. Grand Fashions always works on a fixed mark up on cost and a fixed stock base i.e. stock is
replenished at the end of the month in which the sale took place.
4. 20% of all purchases of stock are bought for cash.
5. All creditors are paid in full in 30 days i.e. the month following the purchase.
6. Wages and salaries for October amounted to R120 000 and will remain the same for the budget period.
7. Depreciation is to be written off equipment at a rate of R1 200 per month.
8. Interest on the loan is capitalised and amounts to R800 per month. Loan repayments together with
interest are made at the end of every second month – the next repayment amounting to R5 600 will be
the 31 December 2020.
9. Commission is received a month after it is earned i.e. commission earned in October will only be
received at the end of November.
TOTAL RECEIPTS
CASH PAYMENTS
Loan
TOTAL PAYMENTS
SURPLUS (DEFICIT)
Other income
Operating expenses
Bad debts
Depreciation
Operating profit
Interest expense
Net profit
Comment on the debtors’ collection policy and the creditors’ payment period and the effect this
2.4 is having on the cash position of the business.
2.5 Should the owner be concerned about the cash position of the business? Discuss TWO points
by referring to two separate figures.
Lesson solutions:
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