Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781260706307
Author: Jan Williams
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Higher Education (us)
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Gerald Books Ltd. currently has $720,000 in accounts receivable and generated $5,600,000 in sales (all on credit) during the year that just ended. The firm's days sales outstanding (DSO) is how many days? Use 365 days as the length of a year in all calculations. Gerald Books Ltd.'s CFO is unhappy with its DSO and wants to improve collections next year. Sales are expected to grow by 10% next year, and the CFO wants to lower the DSO to the industry average of 28 days. How much accounts receivable is the firm expected to carry next year?

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