Imagine you have a budget of $1,000 per month. make a list of at least three categories you would use that money toward, such as housing, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, entertainment, savings, and so on. then put a dollar amount next to each item to show how much money you would budget for this item each month. make sure the total adds up to $1,000.

Lipman auto parts, a family-owned auto parts store, began january with $10,300.00 in cash. management forecasts that collections from credit customers will be $11,400.00 in january and $14,800.00 in february. the store is scheduled to receive $5,000.00 in cash on a business note receivable in january. projected cash payments include inventory purchases ($13,000.00 in january and $13,600.00 in february) and operating expenses ($2,700.00 each month). lipman auto parts' bank requires a $10,000.00 minimum balance in the store's checking account. at the end of any month when the account balance dips below $10,000.00, the bank automatically extends credit to the store in multiples of $1,000.00. lipman auto parts borrows as little as possible and pays back loans in quarterly installments of $2,000.00, plus 4 percent interest on the entire unpaid principal. the first payment occurs three months after the loan.