Use the Following Information for the Next 4 Questions

question 134

Multiple Choice

Use the following information for the next 4 questions.
(CPA) The Dilly Company marks up all merchandise at 25% of gross purchase price. All purchases are made on account with terms of 1/10, (1% discount if paid in 10 days) net/60 (full amount due within 60 days) . Purchase discounts, which are recorded as miscellaneous income, are always taken. Normally, 60% of each month's purchases are paid for in the first month after purchase, whereas the other 40% are paid during the first 10 days of the first month after purchase. Inventories of merchandise at the end of each month are kept at 30% of the next month's forecasted cost of good sold.
Terms for sales on account are 2/10 (2% discount if paid within 10 days) , net/30 (full amount due in 30 days) . Cash sales are not subject to discount. Fifty percent of each month's sales on account are collected during the month of sale, 45% are collected in the succeeding month, and the remainder is usually uncollectible. Seventy percent of the collections in the month of sale are subject to discount, and 10% of the collections in the succeeding month are subject to discount (2%) .
Forecasted sales data and cost of sales for selected months are as follows:
-Assuming that all of the beginning inventory for December is sold, forecasted gross purchases for January are

• A) $1,400,000
• B) $1,470,000
• C) $1,472,000
• D) $1,248,000
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Accounts Payable Turnover

A financial ratio that measures the rate at which a company pays off its suppliers by comparing net purchases to average accounts payable during a period.

Accounts Receivable Period

The Accounts Receivable Period is the average number of days it takes for a business to receive payments from its customers for goods or services sold on credit.

Accounts Receivable

Receivables from customers for goods or services provided but not yet compensated.

Effective Annual Interest Rate

The interest rate on a loan or financial product restated from the nominal rate as an annual rate that reflects compounding over a given period.