Kayak Co. budgeted the following cash receipts (excluding cash receipts from loans received) and cash payments (excluding cash payments for loan principal and interest payments) for the first three months of next year. Cash Receipts Cash payments January $ 518,000 $ 461,500 February 403,000 346,500 March 467,000 523,000 According to a credit agreement with its bank, Kayak requires a minimum cash balance of $50,000 at each month-end. In return, the bank has agreed that the company can borrow up to $150,000 at a monthly interest rate of 1%, paid on the last day of each month. The interest is computed based on the beginning balance of the loan for the month. The company repays loan principal with any cash in excess of $50,000 on the last day of each month. The company has a cash balance of $50,000 and a loan balance of $100,000 at January 1. Prepare monthly cash budgets for January, February, and March. (Negative balances and Loan repayment amounts (if any) should be indicated with minus sign.)

a. Ending Cash Balance:

January = 50,000

February = 61,555

March = 50,000

b. Loan Balance End of Month:

January = 44,500

February = $0  

March = $44,445

Explanation:

Note: The merged data given in the question are sorted before answering the question as follows:

                            Cash Receipts                  Cash payments

January                    $ 518,000                             $ 461,500

February                     403,000                               346,500

March                          467,000                               523,000

Explanation of the answer is now given as follows:

Note: See the attached excel file for the cash budget.

In the attached excel file, the following calculations are made:

January loan repayment = January Preliminary cash balance - Minimum required cash balance = $105,500 - $50,000 = $55,500

March Additional loan = Minimum required cash balance - March Preliminary cash balance = $50,000 - $5,555 = $44,445

From the attached excel file, we have:

a. Ending Cash Balance:

January = 50,000

February = 61,555

March = 50,000

b. Loan Balance End of Month:

January = 44,500

February = $0  

March = $44,445

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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