East Lansing Appliances (ELA) Expects to Have Sales This Year

question 24

Multiple Choice

East Lansing Appliances (ELA) expects to have sales this year of $15 million under its current credit policy. The present terms are net 30; the days sales outstanding (DSO) is 60 days; and the bad debt loss percentage is 5 percent. Since ELA wants to improve its profitability, the treasurer has proposed that the credit period be shortened to 15 days. This change would reduce expected sales by $500,000, but it would also shorten the DSO on the remaining sales to
30 days. Expected bad debt losses on the remaining sales would fall to 3 percent. The variable cost percentage is 60 percent, and the cost of capital is 15 percent.
-What are the incremental pre-tax profits from this proposal?

• A) $181,250
• B) $271,750
• C) $256,250
• D) $206,500
• E) $231,250

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