Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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ISBN: 9781259535314
Author: David Marshall, Wayne William McManus, Daniel Viele
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.13E
Exercise 5.13
LO 5
Cash discounts-ROI Annual credit sales of Nadak Co. total $680 million. The firm gives a 2% cash discount for payment within IO days of the invoice date; 90% of Nadak’s
Required:
- What is the total amount of cash discounts allowed in a year?s
- Calculate the approximate annual rate of
return on investment that Nadak Co.’s cash discount terms represent to customers who take the discount.
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Exercise 5-13 (Algo) Cash discounts—ROI LO 5
Annual credit sales of Nadak Co. total $363 million. The firm gives a 2.75% cash discount for payment within 10 days of the invoice date; 80% of Nadak's accounts receivable are paid within the discount period.
Required:
a. What is the total amount of cash discounts allowed in a year? (Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places.)
b. Calculate the approximate annual rate of return on investment that Nadak Co.’s cash discount terms represent to customers who take the discount. (Assume a credit period of 30 days and 360-days year). (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 32.1).)
Chapter 5 Solutions
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.1MECh. 5 - Prob. 5.2MECh. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.3 LO 5 Accounts receivable, bad...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.4 LO 5 Bad debts...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.5 LO 7, 8 Cost flow...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.6 LO 7, 8 Cost flow...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.7ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.8ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.9ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.10E
Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.11 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance,...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.12 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.13 LO 5 Cash discounts-ROI Annual...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.14ECh. 5 - Exercise 5.15 LO 6 Notes receivable-interest...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.16 LO 6 Notes receivable-interest...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.17 LO 7, 8 LIFO versus FIFO-matching...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.18ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.19ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.20ECh. 5 - Exercise 5.21 LO 5, 6, 8 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.22 LO 5. 8, 10 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.23 LO 5, 6, 7 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.24 LO 7, 8, 10 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.25PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.26PCh. 5 - Problem 5.27 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.28 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.29 LO 5 Analysis of accounts receivable...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.30 LO 5 Analysis of accounts receivable...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.31 LO 7, 8 Cost flow assumptions-FIFO...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.32 LO 7, 8 Cost flow assumptions-FIFO,...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.33PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.34PCh. 5 - Problem 5.35 LO 7 Effects of inventory errors If...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.36PCh. 5 - Case 5.37 LO 5, 7, 8 Focus company-accounts...Ch. 5 - Case 5.38
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