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Chapter 3: 1DQ (page 247)
Under what circumstances would it be advisable to borrow money to take a cash discount?
The buyer can borrow money for taking advantage of the cash discount when the cost of borrowing is less than the amount of cash discount provided to the buyer.
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Postal Express has outlets throughout the world. It also keeps funds for transactions purposes in many foreign countries. Assume in 2010 it held 240,000 reals in Brazil worth 170,000 dollars. It drew 12 percent interest, but the Brazilian real declined 24 percent against the dollar.
b. What is the value of its holdings, based on U.S. dollars, at year-end if instead it drew 9 percent interest and the real went up by 13 percent against the dollar?
Bombs Away Video Games Corporation has forecasted the following monthly sales:
January | \(100,000 |
February | \)93,000 |
March | \(25,000 |
April | \)25,000 |
May | \(20,000 |
June | \)35,000 |
July | \(45,000 |
August | \)45,000 |
September | \(55,000 |
October | \)85,000 |
November | \(105,000 |
December | \)123,000 |
Total annual sales | \(756,000 |
Bombs Away Video Games sells the popular Strafe and Capture video game. It sells for \)5 per unit and costs \(2 per unit to produce. A level production policy is followed. Each month’s production is equal to annual sales (in units) divided by 12.
Of each month’s sales, 30 percent are for cash and 70 percent are on account. All accounts receivable are collected in the month after the sale is made.
d. Prepare a monthly cash budget for January through December using the cash receipts schedule from part b and the cash payments schedule from part c. The beginning cash balance is \)5,000, which is also the minimum desired.
Route Canal Shipping Company has the following schedule for aging of accounts receivable:
a. Fill in column (4) for each month.
Age of receivables April 30 20X1 | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Month of sales | Age of accounts | Amounts | Percent of amount due |
April | 0-30 | \(131,250 | ____ |
March | 31-60 | \)93,750 | ____ |
February | 61-90 | \(112,500 | ____ |
January | 91-120 | \)37,500 | ____ |
Total receivables | $375,000 | 100% |
In Problem 12, assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted, with short-term rates going to 11 percent and long-term rates 5 percentage points lower than short-term rates. If all other factors in the problem remain unchanged, what will earnings after taxes be?
Oral Roberts Dental Supplies has annual sales of \(5,200,000. Ninety percent are on credit. The firm has \)559,000 in accounts receivable. Compute the value of the average collection period.
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