Junoon Company has had no significant bad debt experience with its customers. Cash sales have accounted for 20 percent of total sales, and payments for credit sales have been received as follows:

40 percent of credit sales in the month of the sale

35 percent of credit sales in the first subsequent month

20 percent of credit sales in the second subsequent month

5 percent of credit sales in the third subsequent month

The forecast for both cash and credit sales is as follows.

January $185,000

February 184,000

March 193,000

April 195,000

May 210,000

Required:

1.What is the forecasted cash inflow for Ragman Company for May?

2.Due to deteriorating economic conditions, Ragman Company has now decided that its cash forecast should include a bad debt adjustment of 2 percent of credit sales, beginning with sales for the month of April. Because of this policy change, what will happen to the total expected cash inflow related to sales made in April?(CMA adapted)

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

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