By Getting Closer to the Source of Payment,lockboxes Can Be

question 62

Multiple Choice

By getting closer to the source of payment,lockboxes can be used to reduce:

• A)availability float.
• B)mailing float.
• C)in-house processing float.
• D)disbursement float.
• E)clearing float.

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Definitions:

Sales Volume

The amount of goods or services a company sells during a particular timeframe.

Fixed Costs

Costs that remain constant regardless of the amount of goods produced or sold in a brief timeframe, including charges like rent, salaries, and insurance.

Units of Production

A depreciation method that allocates the original cost of an asset over its total estimated production capacity.

Direct Materials Cost Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct materials used in production and the standard cost of those materials.