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Charming Paper Company sells to the 12 accounts listed
here.
Account | Receivable Balance Outstanding |
Average Age of the Account Over the Last Year |
||||
A | $ | 66,800 | 25 | |||
B | 154,000 | 42 | ||||
C | 77,800 | 14 | ||||
D | 21,800 | 56 | ||||
E | 52,100 | 42 | ||||
F | 254,000 | 35 | ||||
G | 35,600 | 20 | ||||
H | 392,000 | 66 | ||||
I | 44,100 | 38 | ||||
J | 92,800 | 58 | ||||
K | 263,000 | 23 | ||||
L | 68,900 | 36 | ||||
Capital Financial Corporation will lend 90 percent against account
balances that have averaged 30 days or less; 80 percent for account
balances between 31 and 40 days; and 70 percent for account
balances between 41 and 45 days. Customers that take over 45 days
to pay their bills are not considered acceptable accounts for a
loan.
The current prime rate is 16.50 percent, and Capital charges 4.50
percent over prime to Charming as its annual loan rate.
a. Determine the maximum loan for which Charming
Paper Company could qualify.
b. Determine how much one month’s interest expense
would be on the loan balance determined in part a.
(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final
answer to 2 decimal places.)
First segregate each account based on the given ranges and calculate the total balance for each range as shown below:
Next, calculate the maximum loan limit, the month interest rate and the monthly interest expense as follows:
Therefore, the maximum loan limit is $836,750. The monthly interest expense is $14,643.125.