1. Chapter 6
Cash Budgets

2. Cash Budgets
Forecast the business’s ability to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
Enable predicted borrowing to be arranged ahead of time.
Allows planning for investment of surplus funds.
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3. Budgets required
The following sub budgets may need to be prepared first in order to complete the Cash Budget
Accounts Receivable Collections Budget.
Cash Receipts Budget.
Cash Payments Budget.
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4. Accounts Receivable Budget
An Accounts Receivable Budget is a schedule of expected receipts from debtors for a period. Over time, the receipts of cash from accounts receivable will follow a pattern, providing a reliable basis to prepare a budget
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5. Accounts Receivable Collections Budget
Example 1
All sales are made on credit and the expected pattern of receipts is:
50% pay in the month of sale
50% pay in the following month
GST is accounted for on a cash basis.
Required: Prepare an accounts receivable collections budget for January, February and March, showing GST collected separately.
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6. Accounts Receivable Collections Budget
Solution
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7. Accounts Receivable Collections Budget
Example 2: With Discount
All sales are made on credit and the expected pattern of receipts is:
• 60% pay in the month following the month of sale and receive a discount of 4%
• 40% pay in the second month after sale.
Required: Prepare an accounts receivable collections budget for January, February and March, showing GST collected separately.
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8. Accounts Receivable Collections Budget
Solution
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9. Cash receipts budget
A cash receipts budget is a forecast of all expected receipts of a business for a period.
Example 3 Cash Receipts Budget- with discount
The White Bay Paper Company sells paper products wholesale. The company is GST registered and accounts for GST on a cash basis. Half of their sales are for cash, with customers earning a 5% cash discount.
Account customers normally pay as follows:
• 50% pay in the month after sale and earn a discount of 2%
• 40% pay in the second month after sale
• 10% pay in the third month after sale
At the end of June, the balance in accounts receivable is $37,000. Of this amount
$3,000 is from April sales, $12,000 is from May sales and $22,000 is from June sales.
Expected sales ( GST excluded ) for the next three months are:
Required:
Prepare a cash receipts budget for the period from July to September.
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10. Cash receipts budget
Solution:
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11. Cash receipts budget
NOTES: 1. The first table, Accounts Receivable Balances, uses balances at July 1 to determine total credit sales for the preceding months. Once the percentage owing has been calculated, (100% – % paid) total credit sales = Amount owing divided by the percentage it represents. Therefore credit sales for April = $3,000/0.1 = $30, The first line of the Cash Receipts table is “Credit Sales”. Cash sales are added after collections from debtors.
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12. Cash Payments budget
A cash payments budget is a forecast of all expected payments of a business for a period.
Example 3 Cash Payments Budget- No Discount
Bondy Corp sales for the next four months are expected to be as follows:
All Inventory is sold at a mark-up of 75%. Inventory at the beginning of each month is required to be 25% of usage for the month.
All accounts payable are paid in the month following purchase, with all purchases attracting a discount of 2.50%.
The balance in accounts payable at the end of December is $28,000 ( + 10% GST)
Bondy Corp is GST registered and accounts for GST on a cash basis.
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13. Cash Payments budget Example 3 Continued
Operating expenses are as follows:
The net GST collected in the December quarter and payable in January is $2,200. In addition to the above expenses an income tax bill of $4,500 is payable in March.
Required:
Prepare a cash payments budget for January, February and March.
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Solution
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Solution
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16. Preparing the Cash Budget
Opening Cash Balance + Receipts = Cash Available - Payments Closing Cash Balance
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17. GST and Cash Budgets
GST must be incorporated into cash budgets, as GST Collected on sales less GST Paid on purchases must be remitted to the ATO
The BAS must be completed on a monthly or quarterly basis, depending on the size of the business.
GST Collected and Paid is reported to the ATO on either a cash or accrual basis.
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18. Reporting GST on a Cash Basis
The GST Collected is reported when payment is received from a customer. The GST Paid is reported when payments are made to suppliers.
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19. Reporting GST on an Accrual Basis
The GST Collected is reported when the invoice is issued to a customer. The GST Paid is reported when the invoice is issued from a supplier.
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20. Example Cash vs Accrual Basis
Todd sold $440 of clothes to Hubert on 27 June on account. Hubert paid Todd on 3 July. When will Todd report the $40 GST Collected to the ATO? • If reporting on an Accrual basis, Todd will report the GST Collected in June, when the sale was made and invoice issued. • If reporting on a Cash basis, Todd will report the GST Collected in July, when the payment was received from the Account Receivable.
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21. Cash vs Accrual Basis
Remember, figures appearing on an Income Statement are shown net of GST. Cash amounts being paid or received include GST where applicable.
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22. Cash Budget- Example
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24. Desired Cash Balance
In some cases management may require that the cash balance be a certain amount or above a certain amount.
Example: The following cash budget is supplied by the local newsagency, which requires a closing cash balance of at least $8,000.
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25. Desired Cash Balance
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