Answer:Answer:
DSO for all customers is approx. 49days
DSO for customers who take the 10days discount offer is 10days
DSO for the 90% credit customers is 53days
ii annual credit sales is $170million and annual variable costs is $139.4million ( 82% of Gross sales) and discount paid to the 10 percentile customer is $340,000 (2% of $17Million)
iii. Credit Evaluation costs is $17million (10% of Gross sales)
iv. Bad debts is zero
V. AR balance for total customers at year end is $23Million
vi. AR balance for customers who took the discount at year end is $472,000
vii. AR balance for the 90% credit customers at year end is $22.5Million
Explanation:
DSO is calculated as Accounts receivable balance divided by Total credit sales multiplied by number of days in the period reviewed
In this question the DSO for either circumstances was provided as 10days and 53days respectively.
By interposing for the 90% customers (53days = x divided by $153million multiplied by 360days) x being the unknown AR is derived to be $22.5m
By interposing for the 10% customers (10days = x divided by $17million multiplied by 360days) x being the unknown AR is derived to be $472,000
Total AR is thus derived to be $23million and to ta DSO is 49days.