You Make the Call-Situation 1

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Essay

You Make the Call-Situation 1
Steve Jones is the 35-year-old owner of a highly competitive small business that supplies temporary office help. Like most businesspeople, he is always looking for ways to increase profit. However, the nature of his competition makes it very difficult to raise prices for the temps' services, while reducing their wages makes recruiting difficult. Jones has, nevertheless, found an area-bad debts-in which improvement should increase profits. A friend and business consultant met with Jones to advise him on credit management policies. Jones was pleased to get this friend's advice, as bad debts were costing him about 2 percent of sales. Currently, Jones has no system for managing credit.

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Definitions:

Note Payable

A written promise to pay a specified amount of money, usually including interest, at a future date.

Bank Statement

A summary of financial transactions that occurred over a period of time on a bank account held by a person or business with a financial institution.

Depositor's Account

A banking account that holds funds deposited by an individual or entity.

Balance Per Books

The amount of money reported in a company's financial records or books.