Question

Suppose a firm’s sales for the year = $1200 and its average receivables balance is $200. What is the firm’s Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio, expressed in days (not times per year)?

Answer 1

Answer:

61 days

Explanation:

Accounts receivable turn over ratio is an efficiency ratio that is used to calculate how efficiently a company is receiving its sales on account payments . This measures the number of times in a period that a company collects its average accounts receivable.

When expressed in days , it reveals the number of days it takes a sales on account customer to make payment

Workings

Annual sales = 1200

Average receivable balance = 200

Receivable turnover ratio = Annual sales /average receivable balance

1200/ 200 = 6

Account receivable turnover ratio in days = 365/receivable turnover ration

365/6 = 60.8 days = approximately 61 days

This shows that it takes a customer approximately 61 days to pay their purchase on account which