Financial Accounting: Tools For Business Decisionmaking, Eighth Edition Wileyplus Blackboard Card
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.1EYCT
(a)
To determine
Accounts receivable turnover
Accounts receivable turnover is a liquidity measure of accounts receivable in times, which is calculated by dividing the net credit sales by the average amount of net accounts receivables. In simple, it indicates the number of times the average amount of net accounts receivables collected during a particular period.
Average collection period:
Average collection period indicates the number of days taken by a business to collect its outstanding amount of accounts receivable on an average.
To calculate: The accounts receivable turnover and average collection period for 2014 for Incorporation A.
(b)
To determine
To identify: whether Incorporation A has any potentially significant credit risks in 2014.
(c)
To determine
To conclude: The information from part (a) and (b).
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