Aye Company factored P600,000 of its accounts receivable to Sweet Company on October 1. Control was surrendered by Aye Company. The factor assessed a fee of 3% and retained a holdback equal to 5% of the accounts receivable. In addition, the factor charged 15% interest computed on a weighted average time to maturity of the accounts receivable of 54 days. (Use 365 days in the computation of interest).   Questions:   1. What is the amount of cash initially received by Aye Company from the factoring?Answer   2. If all accounts are collected, what is the cost of factoring the accounts receivable?

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Aye Company factored P600,000 of its accounts receivable to Sweet Company on October 1. Control was surrendered by Aye Company. The factor assessed a fee of 3% and retained a holdback equal to 5% of the accounts receivable. In addition, the factor charged 15% interest computed on a weighted average time to maturity of the accounts receivable of 54 days. (Use 365 days in the computation of interest).

 

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2. If all accounts are collected, what is the cost of factoring the accounts receivable?

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