Uncle's Caps,Inc A Minimum Cash Balance of $250,000 Is Required to Be

Multiple Choice

Uncle's Caps,Inc.,a merchandising company,has provided the following budgeted amounts for the next budget period. $$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Beginning cash balance } & \$ 30,400 \\\hline \text { Cash collections } & 683,000 \\\hline \text { Payments for: } & \\\hline \text { Purchases of merchandise inventory } & 349,500 \\\hline \text { Selling and administrative expenses } & 70,400 \\\hline \text { Capital expenditures } &88,900\\\hline \end{array}$$ A minimum cash balance of $250,000 is required to be maintained.The company can borrow in increments of $10,000 as and when required.Assume the company can borrow the needed funds at the end of the period.Calculate the ending cash balance for the budget period.

A) $713,400
B) $254,600
C) $204,600
D) $733,000