Vulcan Materials Company , the nations largest producer of construction aggregates, is head-quartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The

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Vulcan Materials Company , the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates, is head-quartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The company had 2011 sales of $2,565 million. Beginning and ending net accounts receivable as of December 31, 2010 and 2011 were $261 million and $299 million, respectively.

Compute Vulcan’s accounts receivable turnover and average collection period for the fiscal year. Assume all sales are on open account.


Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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Introduction to Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0133251036

11th edition

Authors: Charles Horngren, Gary Sundem, John Elliott, Donna Philbrick

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