IN Projects Limited commenced operations at the beginning of the 2019 year. Although profitable, the business is
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IN Projects Limited commenced operations at the beginning of the 2019 year. Although profitable, the business is experiencing cash flow problems. The financial director has approached you for advice in order to remedy this situation. The following amounts (US Dollars) were extracted from the records of the company:
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
Revenue | 200 000 | 220 000 | 250 000 |
Costs | 140 000 | 150 000 | 165 000 |
Profit before interest and tax | 12 000 | 11 000 | 10 500 |
Accounts receivable | 16 500 | 25 000 | 29 600 |
Accounts payable | 13 000 | 14 700 | 17 000 |
Inventory | 18 750 | 26 000 | 30 400 |
Bank/ (Overdraft) | 4 000 | (1000) | (2 000) |
Required:
- Determine the purpose of interpreting financial statements. (3)
- Calculate the following ratios for each of the three (3) years:
- Accounts receivable collection period
- Inventory holding period
- Accounts payable payment period
- Current ratio
- Acid test ratio
- Comment on the company’s working capital management in light of the analysis undertaken in 1.2 above.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0324300987
10th Edition
Authors: Loren A Nikolai, D. Bazley and Jefferson P. Jones
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