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Case: Good cash management is impossible without an analysis of the cash collections and cash disbursements of a company. Cash budgets provide a gauge for determining credit, disbursement, and discount policies. Cash budgets are effective to control devices for monitoring cash and determining financing requirements.
Cash budgets are essential to all small businesses. In this assignment, you are required to do the following:
Develop a spreadsheet with a cash budget with lagging collections
Determine the net cash flows for the year
Forecast the cumulative dollar amount of the external financing required for the year
You are also required to prepare an analysis of the results of your cash budget.
Middletown Construction, Inc. has estimated the following sales forecast over the next 12 months (they close in the winter):To receive full credit on this assignment, please show all work, including formulas and calculations used to arrive at the financial values.
Prepare a monthly cash budget for Middletown Construction, Inc. for the 12-month period of January through December.
Use Excel to prepare the monthly cash budget with the use of this template.
Based on your cash budget findings, answer the following questions
Will the company need any outside financing?
When is the line of credit the highest for MCI will need?
If you were a bank manager, would you want MCI as your client? Why or why not?