2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Sales . $282,880 $270,800 $252,600 $234,560 $150,000 Cost of goods sold 128,200 122,080 115,280 106,440 67,000 Accounts receivable. 18,100 17,300 16,400 15,200 9,000
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At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
Compute trend percents for the following accounts using 2015 as the base year. For each of the three
accounts, state whether the situation as revealed by the trend percents appears to be favorable or
unfavorable.
![2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Sales .
$282,880
$270,800
$252,600
$234,560
$150,000
Cost of goods sold
128,200
122,080
115,280
106,440
67,000
Accounts receivable.
18,100
17,300
16,400
15,200
9,000](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F29004117-aae5-49b2-8d4f-3404423eae8a%2Fda27382e-d1d2-46c8-9283-450ab767767e%2F5xhu3hc.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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