Content preview from Fundamentals of Financial Management, Third Edition
- What are the benefits of the credit sale/maintaining accounts receivable?
- Greater sales leading to greater profitability
- Absorption of fluctuation in demand
- Providing liquidity to the firm
- Effective tool for price discrimination
- Encouragement to intermediaries
- What are the costs of maintaining accounts receivable?
- Financing cost or the interest cost during the period when cash is tagged with receivables
- Administrative cost
- Collection cost
- Bad debt losses
- How do you optimise the terms of the credit?
- A particular credit term is optimal when:
- Net profit calculated through proforma income statement is the highest
- Expected rate of return, meaning the incremental tax-adjusted operating profit divided by the additional investment ...
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