Kansas City National suggests that acompany'sseasonal working capital timated as follows. First, working capital is calculated at the"low" point of opera- tion, which for most firms is December, This calculation gives an estimate of the firm's permanent working capital for the year. Next, working capital is computed at the company's peak time. The difference in the two working capital figures pro- vides an estimate of the company's seasonal working capital needs for the year. Exhibits 1 and 2 show HBS's income statements and balance sheets for the last four years. A local CPA firm, Goldsmith and Starne, has statements for years according to generally accepted accounting principles and unqualified opinions. Goldsmith and Starne's work i known and respected and they perform tax preparation and audits for several of the largest locally owned businesses. Exhibits 3 and 4 show quarterly income statements and balance sheets for the most recent year. These were prepared in ternally by Abigail Horton, and Miller thinks that they are quite reliable except perhaps, the inventory estimate, since HBS performs only one annual inventory audit. realizes that they would be dif Miller would prefer monthly statements but ficult and time consuming to prepare.