Financial Accounting
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780078025549
Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.12BE
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Accounts receivable refers to the amounts to be received within a short period from customers upon the sale of goods and services on account. In other words, accounts receivable are amounts customers owe to the business. Accounts receivable is an asset of a business.
To determine: Cash received from customers of V Company during the reporting period.
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The AR Company had sales of $5 million in 1991. It is estimated that 80% of all sales are on credit.
a. If the balance in accounts receivable at the end of 1991 was $500,000 and $750 million , how long did it take AR’s customers to pay?
b. Suppose AR extends credit to customers on the basis of 2/10, net 30. How does the actual time it takes customers to pay compare with these credit terms if the accounts receivable balance is $500,000? if the accounts receivable balance is $750?
c. Critique the use of the number of days credit to evaluate AR’s collections.
Galambos Corporation had an average receivables collection period of 19 days in 2003.Galambos has stated that it wants to decrease its collection period in 2004 to match theindustry average of 15 days. Credit sales in 2003 were $300 million, and analysts expectcredit sales to increase to $400 million in 2004. To achieve the company’s goal of decreasing the collection period, the change in the average accounts receivable balance from 2003to 2004 that must occur is closest to:A . –$420,000.B . $420,000.C . $836,000.
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