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Chapter 3: 11BP_d (page 221)
Route Canal Shipping Company has the following schedule for aging of accounts receivable:
d. Disregarding your answer to part c and considering the aging schedule for accounts receivable, should the company be satisfied?
The organization should be satisfied based on the aging schedule.
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Esquire Products Inc. expects the following monthly sales:
January | \(28,000 |
February | \)19,000 |
March | \(12,000 |
April | \)14,000 |
May | \(8,000 |
June | \)6,000 |
July | \(22,000 |
August | \)26,000 |
September | \(29,000 |
October | \)34,000 |
November | \(42,000 |
December | \)24,000 |
Total annual sales | \(264,000 |
Cash sales are 40 percent in a given month, with the remainder going into accounts receivable. All receivables are collected in the month following the sale. Esquire sells all of its goods for \)2 each and produces them for \(1 each. Esquire uses level production, and average monthly production is equal to annual production divided by 12.
d. Construct a cash budget for January through December using the cash receipts schedule from part b and the cash payments schedule from part c. The beginning cash balance is \)3,000, which is also the minimum desired.
Route Canal Shipping Company has the following schedule for aging of accounts receivable:
e. What additional information does the aging schedule bring to the company that the average collection period may not show?
In the second year, Fisk Corporation finds that it can reduce ordering costs to \(2 per order but that carrying costs stay the same at \)1.60 per unit. Also, volume remains at 49,000 units per year.
c. What will the average inventory be?
Johnson Electronics is considering extending trade credit to some customers previously considered poor risks. Sales would increase by \(150,000 if credit is extended to these new customers. Of the new accounts receivable generated, 5 percent will prove to be uncollectible. Additional collection costs will be 2 percent of sales, and production and selling costs will be 74 percent of sales. The firm is in the 35 percent tax bracket.
Assume that Henderson also needs to increase its level of inventory to support new sales and that inventory turnover is two times.
d. What would be the total incremental investment in accounts receivable and inventory to support a \)65,000 increase in sales?
Guardian Inc. is trying to develop an asset financing plan. The firm has \(400,000 in temporary current assets and \)300,000 in permanent current assets. Guardian also has $500,000 in fixed assets. Assume a tax rate of 40 percent.
c. What would happen if the short- and long-term rates were reversed?
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