Berkeley Prints Berkeley Prints Expects to Have Sales This Year of $15

question 25

Multiple Choice

Berkeley Prints
Berkeley Prints 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. Also, Berkeley's cost of capital is 15 percent, and its variable costs total 60 percent of sales. Because Berkeley wants to improve its profitability, a proposal has been made to offer a 2 percent discount for payment within 10 days; that is, change the credit terms to 2/10, net 30. The consultants predict that sales would increase by $500,000, and that 50 percent of all customers would take the discount. The new DSO would be 30 days, and the bad debt loss percentage on all sales would fall to 4 percent.
-Refer to Berkeley Prints.What would be the cost to Berkeley of the discounts taken?

• A) $116,750
• B) −$108,750
• C) $155,000
• D) $225,000
• E) $260,500

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