Question

Ingraham Inc. currently has $820,000 in accounts receivable, and its days sales outstanding (DSO) is 54 days. It wants to reduce its DSO to 35 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 15%. What will be the level of accounts receivable following the change? Assume a 365-day year.

Answer 1

Answer: 451759.29

Explanation:

To solve the question, we need to calculate the current sales. This will be calculated by using the formula:

DSO = (Account receivable × 365) / Sales

54 = 820000 × 365 / Sales

Sales = 820000 × 365 / 54

Sales = 5542593

After the new policy, the expected sales will be:

= 5542593 × (1 - 15%)

= 5542593 × (1 - 0.15)

= 5542593 × 0.85

= 4711204.5

The level of accounts receivable following the change will be:

DSO = (Account receivable × 365) / Sales

35 = Account receivable × 365 / 4711204.5

Account receivable = 35 × 4711204.5 / 365

Account receivable = 451759.29