Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19, Problem 1QP
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To calculate: The average daily float.
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The float is the difference between the bank cash and the book cash denoting the net effects of checks in the clearing process.
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The average weekly check collection is P300,000 while the average weekly check disbursement is P140,000.
1. If the float of the collections and disbursements are 5 days and 4 days respectively, how much is the net float? Answer in absolute amounts.
2. Favorable or Unfavorable?
(D) Receivables and Cash: Collection Float A firm has daily cash receipts through checks. On average 150 checks are received per day while each check has an average value of P2,500. It takes an average of 3 days for the bank to clear the checks. A bank has offered to decrease the clearing period to one day for a monthly fee of P500. The bank gives an interest rate of 3% per year. Required: 16. How much is the daily cash receipts?
1. How much is the decrease of the clearing float in days?
2. How much would the average cash in bank balance increase by if the ABC took the bank's offer?
3. How much would ABC receive as total annual interest on the freed cash?
4. How much is the annual cost of the service? 21. What is the annual net benefit or loss) from having this service?
10. Comparing Costs of Checking Accounts. What would be the net annual cost of the
following checking accounts?
a. Monthly fee, $3.75; processing fee, $0.25 per check; checks written, an
average of 22 a month.
b. Interest earnings of 6 percent with a $500 minimum balance; average
monthly balance, $600; monthly service charge of $15 for falling below the
minimum balance, which occurs three times a year (no interest earned in
these months).
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