Business

Branden Ponce

4 August, 14:11

The controller of Trenshaw Company wants to improve the company's control system by preparing a month-by-month cash budget. The following information is for the month ending July 31, 2017.

June 30, 2017, cash balance $44,000

Dividends to be declared on July 15 * 13,800

Cash expenditures to be paid in July for operating expenses 36,500

Amortization expense in July 4,900

Cash collections to be received in July 85,600

Merchandise purchases to be paid in cash in July 55,200

Equipment to be purchased for cash in July 20,500

Dividends are payable 30 days after the declaration to shareholders of record on the declaration date.

Trenshaw Company wants to keep a minimum cash balance of $27,000.

Prepare a cash budget for the month ended July 31, 2017, and indicate how much money, if any, Trenshaw Company will need to borrow to meet its minimum cash requirement.