1A4X TIDWELL CORPORATION SELLS A SINGLE PRODUCT FOR $20 PER UNIT. AL...

82. CSO: 1A4b LOS: 1A4x

Tidwell Corporation sells a single product for $20 per unit. All sales are on account, with

60% collected in the month of sale and 40% collected in the following month. A

schedule of cash collections for January through March of the coming year reveals the

following receipts for the period.

Cash Receipts

January February March

December receivables $32,000

From January sales 54,000 $36,000

From February sales 66,000 $44,000

From March sales 72,000

Other information includes the following.

• Inventories are maintained at 30% of the following month’s sales.

• Tidwell desires to keep a minimum cash balance of $15,000. Total

payments in January are expected to be $106,500, which excludes $12,000

of depreciation expense. Any required borrowings are in multiples of

$1,000.

• The December 31 balance sheet for the preceding year revealed a cash

balance of $24,900.

Ignoring income taxes, the financing needed in January to maintain the firm’s minimum

cash balance is

a. $8,000.

b. $10,600.

c. $11,000.

d. $23,000.

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