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Rivers Company had accounts receivable of $150000 on January 1 2016. The only transactions that affected accounts receivable during 2016 were net credit sales of $1500000 cash collections of $1400000 and accounts written off of $50000.
Instructions
(a) Compute the ending balance of accounts receivable.
(b) Compute the accounts receivable turnover for 2016.
(c) Compute the average collection period in days.
On Jul 13, 2024
(a)
Beginning accounts receivable $150,000 Net credit sales.1,500,000Cash collections (1,400,000) Accounts written off(50,000) Ending accounts receivable $200,000\begin{array}{lrr} \text { Beginning accounts receivable } &\$150,000\\ \text { Net credit sales.} &1,500,000\\ \text {Cash collections } &(1,400,000)\\ \text { Accounts written off} &(50,000)\\ \text { Ending accounts receivable } &\$200,000\\\end{array} Beginning accounts receivable Net credit sales.Cash collections Accounts written off Ending accounts receivable $150,0001,500,000(1,400,000)(50,000)$200,000
(b) $1500000/[($150000 + $200000)/2] = 8.57
(c) 365/8.57 = 42.6 days