Question

Ingraham Inc. currently has $320,000 in accounts receivable, and its days sales outstanding (DSO) is 63 days. It wants to reduce its DSO to 25 days by pressuring more of its customers to pay their bills on time. If this policy is adopted, the company's average sales will fall by 20%. What will be the level of accounts receivable following the change

Answer 1

Answer:

$44,186

Explanation:

Days sales outstanding can be expressed as the following financial ratio:

DSO ratio = accounts receivable / average sales per day, or.

DSO ratio = accounts receivable / (annual sales / 365 days)

Hence revised receivables / ( revised sales /365 ) will be our preferred formula for this scenario

Revised sales = 80% of current sales which is 0.8 x 320,000 = 256,000

daily sales = 256,000 / 365 = 701.3

revised receivables / 701.3 = 63 days as given in the question.

Revised receivables = 701.3 x 63 = $44,186