Lush Gardens Co. bought a new truck for $66,000. It paid $6,600 of this amount as a down payment and financed the balance at 4.50% compounded semi-annually. If the company makes payments of $2,200 at the end of every month, how long will it take to settle the loan? years    months       Katherine obtained a business loan of $245,000 at 5.09% compounded semi-annually.   a. What was the size of the semi-annual payments to be made over 25 years in order to pay off the loan?     b. Calculate the interest paid on the loan.     How long would it take to save at least $13,500.00 by making deposits of $800.00 at the end of every 6 months in a savings account that earns 3.63% compounded quarterly?   years  months

Now assume that it is several years later. The brothers are concerned about the firm’s current credit terms of net 30, which means that contractors buying building products from the firm are not offered a discount and are supposed to pay the full amount in 30 days. Gross sales are now running $1,000,000 a year, and 80% (by dollar volume) of the firm’s paying customers generally pay the full amount on Day 30; the other 20% pay, on average, on Day 40. Of the firm’s gross sales, 2% ends up as bad-debt losses. The brothers are now considering a change in the firm’s credit policy. The change would entail: (1) changing the credit terms to 2/10, net 20, (2) employing stricter credit standards before granting credit, and (3) enforcing collections with greater vigor than in the past. Thus, cash customers and those paying within 10 days would receive a 2% discount, but all others would have to pay the full amount after only 20 days. The brothers believe the discount would both attract additional customers and encourage some existing customers to purchase more from the firm—after all, the discount amounts to a price reduction. Of course, these customers would take the discount and hence would pay in only 10 days. The net expected result is for sales to increase to $1,100,000; for 60% of the paying customers to take the discount and pay on the 10th day; for 30% to pay the full amount on Day 20; for 10% to pay late on Day 30; and for bad-debt losses to fall from 2% to 1% of gross sales. The firm’s operating cost ratio will remain unchanged at 75%, and its cost of carrying receivables will remain unchanged at 12%. To begin the analysis, describe the four variables that make up a firm’s credit policy and explain how each of them affects sales and collections.

Grummet Company is acquiring a new wood lathe with a cash purchase price of $80,000. The Wood Master Industries (the manufacturer) has agreed to accept $23,500 at the end of each of the next 4 years. Based on this deal, how much interest will Grummet pay over the life of the loan? A. $94,000 B. $80,000 C. $23,500 D. $14,000

Pickles R Us is a pickle farm located in the Northeast. The following transactions take place: A. On November 6, Pickles borrows $820,000 from a bank to cover the initial cost of expansion. Terms of the loan are payment due in six months from November 6, and annual interest rate of 3%. B. On December 12, Pickles borrows an additional $200,000 with payment due in three months from December 12, and an annual interest rate of 10%. C. Pickles pays its accounts in full on March 12, for the December 12 loan, and on May 6 for the November 6 loan. Record the journal entries to recognize the initial borrowings, and the two payments for Pickles.

Mohammed LLC is a growing consulting firm. The following transactions take place during the current year. A. On June 10, Mohammed borrows $270,000 from a bank to cover the initial cost of expansion. Terms of the loan are payment due in four months from June 10, and annual interest rate of 5%. B. On July 9, Mohammed borrows an additional $100,000 with payment due in four months from July 9, and an annual interest rate of 12%. C. Mohammed pays their accounts in full on October 10 for the June 10 loan, and on November 9 for the July 9 loan. Record the journal entries to recognize the initial borrowings, and the two payments for Mohammed.

Sub-Cinema Inc. borrowed $10,000 on Jan. 1 and will repay the loan with 12 equal payments made at the end of the month for 12 months. The interest rate is 12% annually. If the monthly payments are $888.49, what is the journal entry to record the cash received on Jan. 1 and the first payment made on Jan. 31?

Halep Inc. borrowed $30,000 from Davis Bank and signed a 4-year note payable stating the interest rate was 4% compounded annually. Halep Inc. will make payments of $8,264.70 at the end of each year. Prepare an amortization table showing the principal and interest in each payment.

Sunlight Growers borrows $250,000 from a bank at a 4% annual interest rate. The loan is due in three months. At the end of the three months, the company pays the amount due in full. How much did the company remit to the bank? A. $250,000 B. $10,000 C. $252,500 D. $2,500

Gear Up Co. pays 65% of its purchases in the month of purchase, 30% in the month after the purchase, and 5% in the second month following the purchase. What are the cash payments if it made the following purchases in 2018?

Cost of Bank Loan On March 1, Minnerly Motors obtains a business loan from a local bank. The loan is a 25,000 interest-only loan with a nominal rate of 11%. Interest is calculated on a simple interest basis with a 365-day year. What is Minnerlys interest charge for the first month (assuming 31 days in the month)?