East Lansing Appliances

question 109

Multiple Choice

East Lansing Appliances
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. Because 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.
-Refer to East Lansing Appliances.What would be the incremental cost of carrying receivables if this change were made?

• A) $108,750
• B) −$116,250 (carrying costs would decline)
• C) $157,900
• D) −$225,000 (carrying costs would decline)
• E) $260,500

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