Question:

The accountant of a company is preparing the cash budget for the first six months of 2011 and obtains the following information:

Sales on credit, variable costs and wages are budgeted as follows (the November and December of the previous year being the actual figures for those months):

Fixed expenses amount to Rs 1,500 net per month and the half year's preference dividend of Rs 1,400 net is due on June 30. Corporation tax amounting to Rs 8,000 is payable in January and progress payment under a building contract are due as follows:

March 31^st Rs 5,000 and May 31^st Rs 6,000.

The terms on which goods are sold are net cash in the month following delivery. Variable costs are payable in the month following that in which they are incurred and are as to 50% subject to 2½% discount, and the balance net. It is found that 75% of debtors to whom sales are made pay within the period of credit and the remainder do not pay until the following month. The company pays all its accounts promptly.

Prepare a cash budget.