Heaton Corp

question 23

Multiple Choice

Heaton Corp.sells on terms that allow customers 45 days to pay for merchandise.Its sales last year were $425, 000, and its year-end receivables were $60, 000.If its DSO is less than the 45-day credit period, then customers are paying on time.Otherwise, they are paying late.By how much are customers paying early or late? Base your answer on this equation: DSO - Credit period = days early or late, and use a 365-day year when calculating the DSO.A positive answer indicates late payments, while a negative answer indicates early payments.

• A) 6.20
• B) 6.53
• C) 6.86
• D) 7.20
• E) 7.56

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Definitions:

Liquidity Ratios

Financial metrics used to determine a company's ability to pay off its short-term debts with its current assets.

Permanent Inventory Loss

Losses resulting from discrepancies between actual stock levels and recorded inventory due to theft, damage, or miscounting that cannot be recovered.

Quarterly Income Statement

A financial report that shows the revenue, expenses, and net income of a company over a three-month period.

Vertical Analysis

A method of financial statement analysis in which each entry for each of the three major categories of accounts (or line items) in a balance sheet is represented as a proportion of the total account.