Exercise $23\mathrm{.}5($Algo$)$ Budgeting for Prepayments $($LO$23-4,$ LO$23-5)$

Springfield Company's master budget includes estimated costs and expenses of $$400,000$ for its third quarter of operations. Of this amount, $$376,000$ is expected to be financed with current payables. Depreciation expense for the quarter is budgeted at $$20,000.$ Springfield's prepayments balance at the end of the third quarter is expected to be two times that of its prepayments balance at the beginning of the quarter. The company estimates it will prepay expenses totaling $$8,300$ in the third quarter.

Required:

What is Springfield's budgeted prepayments balance at the end of the third quarter?

Ending prepayments

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$12,000$