Rusty Spears, CEO of Rusty’s Renovations,

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12/8/12
Chapter: 16
Problem: 18
Rusty Spears, CEO of Rusty’s Renovations, a custom building and repair company, is preparing documentation for a line of credit request from his commercial banker. Among the required documents is a detailed sales forecast for parts of 2014 and 2015.
Estimates obtained from the credit and collection department are as follows: collections within the month of sale, 15%; collections during the month following the sale, 65%; collections the second month following the sale, 20%. Payments for labor and raw materials are typically made during the month following the one in which these costs were incurred. Total costs for labor and raw materials are estimated for each month as shown in the table.
General and administrative salaries will amount to approximately $15,000 a month; lease payments under long-term lease contracts will be $5,000 a month; depreciation charges will be $7,500 a month; miscellaneous expenses will be $2,000 a month; income tax payments of $25,000 will be due in both September and December; and a progress payment of $80,000 on a new office suite must be paid in October. Cash on hand on July 1 will amount to $60,000, and a minimum cash balance of $40,000 will be maintained throughout the cash budget period.
Input Data
Collections during month of sale 15%
1461: Assumed constant: Do not change.
Collections during month after sale 65%
1461: This is a formula: do not change.
Collections during second month after sale 20%
1461: For problem e: Allow this to change to reflect slower collections.
Lease payments $5,000
Target cash balance $40,000
General and administrative salaries $15,000
Depreciation charges $7,500
Income tax payments (Sep & Dec) $25,000
Miscellaneous expenses $2,000
New office suite payment (Oct) $80,000
Cash on hand July 1 $60,000
Sales, labor, and RM adjustment factor 0%
a. Prepare a monthly cash budget for the last six months of the year.
May June July August September October November December January
Original sales estimates $60,000 $100,000 $130,000 $120,000 $100,000 $80,000 $60,000 $40,000 $30,000
Original labor and raw mat. estimates $75,000 $90,000 $95,000 $70,000 $60,000 $50,000 $20,000 $20,000
Forecasted Sales
Sales (gross)
Collections
During month of sale
During 1st month after sale
During 2nd month after sale
Total collections
Purchases
Labor and raw materials
Payments for labor and raw materials
Payments
Payments for labor and raw materials
General and administrative salaries
Lease payments
Miscellaneous expenses
Income tax payments
Design studio payment
Total payments
Net Cash Flows
Cash on hand at start of forecast period
Net cash flow (NCF): Total collections – Total payments
Cumulative NCF: Prior month cumulative + this month's NCF
Cash Surplus (or Loan Requirement)
Target cash balance
Surplus cash or loan needed: Cum NCF – Target cash
Max. Loan
b. How much must Spears borrow each month to maintain the target cash balance?
Answer. Look at the "Surplus cash or loan needed" line at the bottom of the cash budget.
c. Would the cash budget be accurate if inflows came in all during the month but outflows were bunched
early in the month?
d. If the company operates on a seasonal basis, how would this affect the current ratio and the debt ratio?
e. If its customers began to pay late, this would slow down collections and thus increase the required loan amount. Also, if sales dropped off, this would have an effect on the required loan. Do a sensitivity analysis that shows the effects of these two factors on the max loan requirement. Assume the purchases of labor and raw material also vary by the sales adjustment factor.
Change Maximum Loan Required
in Sales % Collections in 2nd month

1461: Put the max loan for the base case hear.

1461: Use Excels MIN function for row 54 with a minus sign in front.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Original sales estimate times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

Michael C. Ehrhardt: Original labor and RM estimates times 1 plus the sales adjustment factor.

1461: Assumed constant: Do not change.

1461: Payments this month are for last months Labor and raw materials.

1461: This is a formula: do not change.

1461: For problem e: Allow this to change to reflect slower collections.

Note: When the percent collected during the second month after sale is changed, the percent for collections during month after sale is automatically changed so that 100% of sales are collected during the three-month period.