Extracted text: The Alex Thomsen Company is planning to request a line of credit from its bank. The following sales forecasts have been made for parts of 2017 and 2018: May 2017 $150,000 June 150,000 July 300,000 August 450,000 September 600,000 October 300,000 November 300,000 December 75,000 January 2018 Collection estimates obtained from the credit and collection department are as follows: collected within the month of sale, 5 percent; collected the month following the sale, 80 percent; collected the second month following the sale, 15 percent. Payments for labor and raw materials are typically made during the month following the month in which 150,000 these costs are incurred. Total labor and raw materials costs are estimated for each month as follows: May 2017 $75,000 June 75,000 July 105,000 August 735,000 September 255,000 October 195,000 November 135,000 December 75,000 General and administrative salaries will amount to approximately $22,500 a month; lease payments under long-term lease contracts will be $7,500 a month; depreciation charges will be $30,000 a month; miscellaneous expenses will be $2,250 a month; income tax payments of $52,500 will be due in both September and December; and a progress payment of $150,000 on a new research laboratory must be paid in October. Cash on hand on July 1 will amount to $110,000 and a minimum cash balance of $75,000 will be maintained through-out the cash budget period. A. Prepare a cash budget for the last six months of 2017 with an estimate of required financing (or excess funds)