Shoreline Supply Offers Their Customers Trade Credit with Terms 2/15

question 99

Multiple Choice

Shoreline Supply offers their customers trade credit with terms 2/15 net 30. This implies that

• A) Shoreline's customers have very little incentive to pay within the discount period.
• B) paying within 30 days will let a customer deduct 15% off the invoice price.
• C) most customers will pay their bill within 2 days in order to take the maximum discount.
• D) the annual financing cost of failing to pay within 15 days is about 48%.

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