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Chapter 3: Q10BP (page 221)
Mervyn’s Fine Fashions has an average collection period of 50 days. The accounts receivable balance is $95,000. What is the value of its credit sales?
The value of credit sales is $684,000.
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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.
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?
Briefly discuss three types of lender control used in inventory financing.
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 \(2 per unit to produce. A level production policy is followed. Each month’s production is equal to annual sales (in units) divided by 12.
Of each month’s sales, 30 percent are for cash and 70 percent are on account. All accounts receivable are collected in the month after the sale is made.
c. Determine a cash payments schedule for January through December. The production costs of \)2 per unit are paid for in the month in which they occur. Other cash payments, besides those for production costs, are $45,000 per month.
Sauer Food Company has decided to buy a new computer system with an expected life of three years. The cost is \(150,000. The company can borrow \)150,000 for three years at 10 percent annual interest or for one year at 8 percent annual interest.
How much would Sauer Food Company save in interest over the three-year life of the computer system if the one-year loan is utilized and the loan is rolled over (reborrowed) each year at the same 8 percent rate? Compare this to the 10 percent three-year loan. What if interest rates on the 8 percent loan go up to 13 percent in year 2 and 18 percent in year 3? What would be the total interest cost compared to the 10 percent, three-year loan?
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