Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $34,500 to pay its suppliers. The usual
Question:
Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $34,500 to pay its suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is five days. Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers each day, in the form of checks, totaling $45,500. The cash from the payments is available to the firm after three days. (Enter your answer as directed, but do not round intermediate calculations.) |
Required: |
(a) | Calculate the company’s disbursement float, collection float, and net float. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) |
Disbursement float | $ |
Collection float | $ |
Net float | $ |
(b) | Calculate the company's disbursement float, collection float, and net float, if the collected funds were available in two days instead of three. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) |
Disbursement float | $ |
Collection float | $ |
Net float |
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 978-0077861629
8th Edition
Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D.Jordan