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Overcapitalisaton

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FM Exams › Overcapitalisaton

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  • December 5, 2016 at 8:19 am #353949
    Ainul Asyikin
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    Hello sir ,
    i have watched you vid about working capital but i still get confuse of how come overcapitalisation means working capital is too high

    As what i know , overtrading is the one that referred to working capital is too high because as the businesss is rapidly growing

    -high level of inventory is tied up
    -high level of receivable as the sales volume get high , and
    -the amount of payable is increasing

    Would you mind to help me ?
    Thanks in advance

    December 5, 2016 at 3:47 pm #354014
    John Moffat
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    Overcapitalisation is when there is more long-term borrowing (whether from shareholders or from debt borrowing such as bonds) than there really needs to be.

    The long-term finance is needed to cover both the non-current assets and the working capital (the net current assets).

    If the working capital is higher than it should be then the long-term finance is higher that it should be, and there is then over-capitalisation.

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