Eagle Industries feels that a lockbox system can shorten its accounts receivable collection period by 2 days. Credit sales are $3,500,000
per year, billed on a continuous basis. The firm has other equally risky investments with a return of 12%. The cost of the lockbox system is $10,000 per year.
(Note: Assume a 365-day year.)
a. What amount of cash will be made available for other uses under the lockbox system?
b. What net benefit (cost) will the firm realize if it adopts the lockbox system? Should it adopt the proposed lockbox system?
Eagle Industries feels that a lockbox system can shorten its accounts receivable collection period by 2...
Shortening the credit period A firm is contemplating shortening its credit period from 45 to 35 days and believes that, as a result of this change, its average collection period will decline from 52 to 41 days. Bad-debt expenses are expected to decrease from 1.4% to 1.1% of sales. The firm is currently selling 11,600 units but believes that as a result of the proposed change, sales will decline to 9,700 units. The sale price per unit is $54, and...
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Required:
1. What is the amount of Apple’s accounts
receivable as of September 30, 2017?
2. Compute Apple’s accounts receivable turnover as
of September 30, 2017.
3. How long does it take, on average, for
the company to collect receivables for fiscal year ended September
30, 2017?
4. Apple’s most liquid assets include (a)
cash and cash equivalents, (b) short-term marketable
securities, (c) accounts receivable, and (d)
inventory. Compute the percentage that these liquid assets (in
total) make up of...
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