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Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The companys balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:

Minden Company Balance Sheet April 30
Assets
Cash	$	9,500
Accounts receivable		56,500
Inventory		53,250
Buildings and equipment, net of depreciation		234,000
Total assets	$	353,250
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Accounts payable	$	79,000
Note payable		20,000
Common stock		180,000
Retained earnings		74,250
Total liabilities and stockholders equity	$	353,250

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

a.	Sales are budgeted at $299,000 for May. Of these sales, $89,700 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. One-half of a months credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made, and the remainder is collected in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May.
b.	Purchases of inventory are expected to total $169,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. Forty percent of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during May.
c.	The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $42,000.
d.	Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $89,700, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $2,250 for the month.
e.	The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $320 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)
f.	New refrigerating equipment costing $7,200 will be purchased for cash during May.
g.	During May, the company will borrow $25,200 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year. 1-a. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales and a schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases.. 1-b. Prepare a cash budget for May. (Cash deficiency, repayments and interest should be indicated by a minus sign.) 2. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May using the absorption costing income statement format 3. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of May 31.

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