Milwaukee Surgical Supplies, Inc. sell on term of 3/10, net 30, gross sales for the year are $1,200,000,and the collections department estimates that 30 percent of the customers pay on the 10th day and take discounts, 40 percent pay on the 13th dayt and the remaining 30 percent pay , on average, 40 daysw after the purchase.
a. What is the firm's average collection period?
b. What is the firm's current receivables balance?
c. what would the firm's new receivables balance if Milwaukee Surgical toughened up on its collection policy, with the result that all nondiscount customers paid on the 30th day.
d. Suppose that the firm's cost of carrying receivables was 8 percent annually. How much would the toughened credit policy save the firm in annual receivables carrying expense?