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Sir, in example 1, would it be double counting if I used post discount credit sales to calculate the new receivables and then again calculate the cost of discount when doing the net cost/benefit?
No, it would not be double counting and would be fine.
Thank you Sir!
What if the examiner twists the question and says 20% of the customer pays cash and 20% pays within 14 days. Do we calculate new receivables with credit sales(excluding the 20% who pay cash) but for the discount we calculate on 20% of credit sales and 20% of cash sales?
It depends what the current payment profile is. However if it changes then you would include all sales when calculating the new receivables.
But sir isn’t the formula average receivables/Credit Sales *365??
Sorry – what I wrote was nonsense. For the receivables you would only take the credit sales 🙂
Thank you Sir for clearing up the confusion!
You are welcome.
