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Ruskin beginning cash is $76,500. Cash receipts are $418,000. Disbursements are $295,600 to vendors, $71,200 for payroll, and $18,400 for taxes. What ending cash is forecast?

Correct Answer

A) $109,300

Ending cash equals beginning cash plus receipts minus all listed disbursements.

Answer Options
A
$109,300
B
$198,900
C
$180,500
D
$90,900

Why This Is the Correct Answer

Ending cash equals beginning cash plus receipts minus all listed disbursements.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

Option B: $198,900

$198,900 is above the supported result for cash budget; it likely pays the wrong premium tier or counts the same hours twice.

Option C: $180,500

$180,500 is above the supported result for cash budget; it likely pays the wrong premium tier or counts the same hours twice.

Option D: $90,900

$90,900 is below the supported result for cash budget; it likely skips a premium-pay or employer-cost component.

Memory Technique

Cash Budget ladder for Updates Ruskin: hours climb before dollars add up.

Reference Hint

Open-book path: tab Builder's Guide to Accounting, 2001 to Section Two, Cash Budgeting, Preparing a Cash Budget; use the job ledger figures in the stem and recompute the same accounting measure.

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