Your Firm Purchases Goods from Its Supplier on Terms of 2/10,net

question 29

Multiple Choice

Your firm purchases goods from its supplier on terms of 2/10,net 40.The effective annual cost to your firm if it chooses not to take advantage of the trade discount offered and stretches the accounts payable to 60 days is closest to:

• A)20.1%.
• B)15.9%.
• C)13.0%.
• D)11.1%.

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Definitions:

Equal Bargaining Power

The situation in which all parties involved in a negotiation or agreement have similar negotiating strength and no one side has undue influence over the other.

Quasi Contract

An obligation imposed by law to prevent unjust enrichment, even though the parties involved did not enter into a contractual agreement.

Restitution

A legal principle requiring a party to return or compensate for any loss or harm they have caused to another.

Oral Agrees

Agreements or contracts made through spoken communication rather than written, subject to certain legal limitations.