Answer:
D) Sinking fund
Explanation:
A sinking fund is an account established to be used in the settling of debts. The corporate or institution that creates a sinking fund deposits money regularly as a way of saving it for future debt payments. A sinking fund, is in away a savings account that accumulates funds for repaying large and future debts.
Municipal authorities use sinking funds to pay their bond expenses when they mature. The municipal contributes funds in the years leading to the bond's maturity. Sinking funds gives confidence to investors that the municipal will not default on its payments.
Answer:
a. 1.14
Explanation:
The current ratio is a financial measure that shows how many times the current assets of an entity may be used (covers) the current obligations (liabilities) of the entity.
It is given as current assets divided by current liabilities.
Astin Company’s current ratio
= $82530/$72120
= 1.14
This means that the current assets will settle the current liabilities 1.14 times.
Answer:
to those outstanding payments which have highest interest rates.
Explanation:
If we pay and settle more outstanding bills now which have high interest rates it will save us from interest which will be charged in future for delayed payment as it will by multiplied by number of days or months for which it has been delayed.
So if we are not paying high interest outstanding bills it will cost us more in future by high interest amount added to the bill amount.