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Sequoia Furniture Company’s sales over the past three months, half of which are for cash, were as follows:
March $408,000 April $658,000 May $528,000
a. Assume that Sequoia’s collection period is 60 days. What would be its cash receipts in May? What would be its accounts receivable balance at the end of May?
- Cash Receipts: ?
- Accounts receivable balance:?
b. Now assume that Sequoia’s collection period is 45 days. What would be its cash receipts in May? What would be its accounts receivable balance at the end of May?
- Cash Receipts:?
- Accounts receivable balance:?
60 days collection period mean credit sales for March would be paid in May | |||||||
March | April | May | Total | ||||
Sales | $408,000 | $658,000 | $528,000 | $1,594,000 | |||
Cash sales (50%) | $204,000 | $329,000 | $264,000 | $797,000 | |||
Credit sales collection | $204,000 | $204,000 | |||||
408000*50% | |||||||
Total cash collection | $204,000 | $329,000 | $468,000 | $1,001,000 | |||
Accounts receivable | $204,000 | $533,000 | $593,000 | ||||
Thus, total cash collection for May is $468,000 and accounts receivable balance is $593,000 | |||||||
45 days collection period mean payment for March would be paid in mid April | |||||||
March | April | May | Total | ||||
Sales | $408,000 | $658,000 | $528,000 | $1,594,000 | |||
Cash sales (50%) | $204,000 | $329,000 | $264,000 | $797,000 | |||
Credit sales collection | $204,000 | $329,000 | $533,000 | ||||
408000*50% | 658000*50% | ||||||
Total cash collection | $204,000 | $533,000 | $593,000 | $1,330,000 | |||
Accounts receivable | $204,000 | $329,000 | $264,000 | ||||
Thus, total cash collection for May would be $593,000 and accounts receivable balance would be $264,000 | |||||||