Question: Lorch Company prepares monthly cash budgets. Relevant data from operating budgets for 2021 are as follows: January February Sales $352,000 $398,000 Direct materials purchases 121,000

Lorch Company prepares monthly cash budgets. Relevant data from operating budgets for 2021 are as follows:
January February
Sales $352,000 $398,000
Direct materials purchases 121,000 110,000
Direct labour 85,000 112,000
Manufacturing overhead 60,000 76,000
Selling and administrative expenses75,000 80,000
All sales are on account. Lorch expects collections to be 50% in the month of sale, 40% in the first month following the sale, and 10% in the second month following the sale. It pays 30% of direct materials purchases in cash in the month of purchase and the balance due in the month following the purchase.
Other data are as follows:
1.Credit sales: November 2020, $202,000; December 2020, $278,000
2.Purchases of direct materials: December 2020, $91,0003.Other receipts: January?collection of December 31, 2020, notes receivable $6,000; February?proceeds from sale of securities $6,000
4.Other disbursements: February?payment of $20,000 for land
The company expects its cash balance on January 1, 2021, to be $50,000. It wants to maintain a minimum cash balance of $40,000.


Total disbursements Excess of cash available over cash disbursements Financing: Borrowing V V Total financing Ending cash balance $ $Prepare a cash budget for January and February using columns for each month. LDRCH COMPANY Cash Budget For the Two Months Ending February 28, 2021 Beginning cash balance Add: Cash receipts Total receipts Total available cash Less: Disbursements
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