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Serfd Limited is considering a change in credit policy which is expected to increase sales revenue from $240,000 to $356,000 and increase accounts receivable from $20,000 to $89,000 with all other
What is the minimum expected increase in profit necessary to justify the change in credit policy?
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- Sunny Manufacturing is considering extending trade credit to some customers previously considered poor risks. Sales would increase by $220,000 if credit is extended to these new customers. Of the new accounts receivable generated, 10 percent will prove to be uncollectible. Additional collection costs will be 5 percent of sales, and production and selling costs will be 70 percent of sales. a. Compute the incremental income before taxes. $ Incremental income before taxes b. What will the firm's incremental return on sales be if these new credit customers are accepted? (Round the final answer to 2 decimal place.) Incremental return on sales % c. If the receivable turnover ratio is 4 to 1, and no other asset buildup is needed to serve the new customers, what will Sunny Manufacturing's incremental return on new average investment be? (Do round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to the nearest whole percentage.) Incremental return on new average investment %The sales director of ABC Corp suggest the following credit terms. He estimated the following:Sales will increase by at least 20%AR turnover will be reduced to 8 times from present turnover of 10 times.Bad debts will increase to 1.5%. Current bad debts are 1%.Current sales is P 900,000Variable cost ratio is 55%.Desired rate of return is 20%Fixed expenses is P 150,000What is the net advantage of changing the credit terms?Johnson Electronics is considering extending trade credit to some customers previously considered poor risks. Sales would increase by $270,000 if credit is extended to these new customers. Of the new accounts receivable generated, 9 percent will prove to be uncollectible. Additional collection costs will be 6 percent of sales, and production and selling costs will be 75 percent of sales. 1. Compute the incremental income before taxes. 2. What will the firm’s incremental return on sales be if these new credit customers are accepted? (Round final answer to 2 decimals) 3. If the receivable turnover ratio is 5 to 1, and no other asset buildup is needed to serve the new customers, what will Johnson Electronics’ incremental return on new average investment be? (Round only the final answer to %)
- ABC & Company is making sales of Rs.16,00,000 and it extends a credit of 90 days to it's customers. However, in order to overcome the financial difficulties, it is considering to change the credit policy. The firm has variable cost of 80% and fixed cost of Rs.1,00,000. The cost of capital is 15%. Evaluate different policies and which policy should be adopted? The proposed terms of credit and expected sales are given hereunder: Policy I II III Terms 75 days 60 days 45 days Sales Rs.15,00,000 Rs. 14,50,000 Rs 14,25,000ABC & Company is making sales of Rs.16,00,000 and it extends a credit of 90 days to it's customers. However, in order to overcome the financial difficulties, it is considering to change the credit policy. The firm has variable cost of 80% and fixed cost of Rs.1,00,000. The cost of capital is 15%. Evaluate different policies and which policy should be adopted?In order to increase the sales from the normal level of Rs 2.4 Lakh per annum, the marketing manager submits a proposal for liberalizing credit policy as under: Normal sales Rs 2.4 lakh. Normal credit period 30 days. The firm is contemplating to increase the credit period to 75 days. This proposal would increase the sales by Rs 21000. The Profit Volume Ratio is 30%. The company expects a return of 20% on its investments. Evaluate the above alternative and advise the management (assume 360 days a year)
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- mine plc has annual credut of k15m and allows 90 days credit. it is consideringba 2% discount payment with 15 days and reducing the credit period to 60 days. it estimates that 60% of its customers will take advantage of the discount, while the volume of sales will not be affected. tge company finances working capital from an overdraft at a cost of 10%. is the proposed change in policy worth implementing.Proposal #1 would extend trade credit to some customers that previously have been denied credit because they were considered poor risks. Sales are projected to increase by $200,000 per year if credit is extended to these new customers. Of the new accounts receivable generated, 7% are projected to be uncollectible. Additional collection costs are projected to be 3% of incremental sales (whether they actually end up collected or not), and production and selling costs are projected to be 80% of sales. Your firm expects to pay a total of 40% of its income after expenses in taxes. 1.Compute the incremental income after taxes that would result from these projections: 2.Compute the incremental Return on Sales if these new credit customers are accepted: If the receivable turnover ratio is expected to be 4 to 1 and no other asset buildup is needed to serve the new customers… 3.Compute the additional investment in Accounts Receivable 4.Compute the incremental Return on New Investment…A company plans to tighten its credit policy. The new policy will decrease the average number of days in collection from 75 to 50 days and reduce the ratio of credit sales to total revenue from 70% to 60%. The company estimates that projected sales would be 5% less if the proposed new credit policy were implemented. The firm’s short-term interest cost is 10%. Projected sales for the coming year are P100 million. Assume a 360-day year, the increase (decrease) on A/R of this proposed change in credit policy is A. P0 B. (P5,000,000) C. (P6,666,6667) D. (P13,000,000)