Spears Limited is engaged in manufacturing of special component (KWQ 12) be used in for calculators. As a step towards reducing uncertainty over the financeneeds of the new business, the finance manager has asked you to prepare a cash budget for Spears Ltd for the nine (9) months period from 1 January 2014 till 30 September 2014. 

You have collected some raw data from the concerned department heads and tabulated them as follows:

a) The following are sales for the nine month period are as follows:
                                    Sales Forecast
Month             Estimated Sales Units
January 250,000                                  February 255,000                    March 264,000
April 290,000                                      May 315,000                           June 340,000
July 365,000                                        August 270,000                      September 257,000
The estimated selling price per special component is $5.00.

The collections for the above sales forecast are as follows:
i. Collection from customers within the month of sale = 10% ( deemed to be cash sales)
ii. Collection from customers following the month of sale = 50%
iii. Collection from customers following the second month of sales = 30% 
iv. 10% of the sales are estimated to become irrecoverable. 

b) Direct materials are acquired one month prior to production and are paid the following month of purchase. One special component (KWQ 12) uses 2 units of direct materials. The company keeps stock of 25% of the next months estimated sales.

Balance of direct materials as at 31 December 2013 amounts to 140,000 units of direct material at $0.25 per unit. There is no change in the cost direct material.

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c) The Direct Labour cost is paid in the month when such costs are incurred. The number of hours estimated are as follows:

            January February March April May June July August September
            120,000 125,000 130,000 128,000 142,000 154,000 165,000 178,000 190,000
The company pays $1.50 per direct labour hour.

d) Operating Expenses are estimated to be $332,000 per month and this is paid end of the month in which it is incurred. Included in the operating expenses are depreciation charges worth $15,000.

e) Income tax payments of $ 60,000 are due both in March and June 2014.

f) Spears Ltd’s Cash on Hand on 31 December 2013 was $500,000 

To receive full credit on this assignment, please show all workings, including

formulas and calculations used to arrive at the financial values.

Required:

Prepare the following budgets:

1) Sales [4.5 marks]

2) Direct Materials Purchase Budget [9 marks]

3) Direct Labour Budget [4.5 marks]

4) Prepare a monthly cash budget for Spears Ltd for the 9-month period of January to 30 September 2014. [20 marks]

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