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1
Q

What is the objective of accounts receivable management?

A

To Balance the profit improvement from increased sales form allowing credt, and the cost of credit allowed

2
Q

List 5 things that influence the company’s credit policy?

(delay coming round for coffee)

A

Demand for products

Competitors terms

Risk of irrecoverable debt

Financing costs

Costs of credit control

3
Q

What are the 4 aspects of a credit policy?

A
  • creditworthiness
  • credit limits
  • Invoice promptly
  • Monitor credit system (aged debtor analysis)
4
Q

How might we assess credit worthiness of customers?

A
  • bank references
  • trade references
  • competitors
  • published info
  • credit reference agencies
  • company sale records
  • credit scoring
5
Q

A credit limit should be set to reflect___

A

* amount if credit available

* length of time allowed before payment is due

6
Q

Why is prompt invoicing importing?

A

* Credit period only begins once an invoice is received

7
Q

How do you work out the cost of financing receivables?

A

Receivable balance =

credit sales x Receivables days

365

8
Q

What is the calculation for annual cost of discount?

A

(1+ discount/Amount left to pay)no. periods -1

Where no. periods is = <u>Year/ months/days</u>

no. days/weeks/months earlier money is received.

9
Q

What is invoice discounting?

A

A method of raising finance against the security of receivables without using the sales ledger administration services of a factor

10
Q

What is the key advantage of invoice discounting?

A

It’s a confidential service

11
Q

Why is invoice discounting more risky than factoring?

A

The client has control over its credit policy.

12
Q

Invoice discounting is usually confined to businesses with a ____

A

high sales revenue

13
Q

‘The outsourcing of the credit control department to a third party’ is…

A

Factoring

14
Q

How is factoring different to invoice discounting?

A

The debts of the company are sold to the factor who takes on the responsibility of collecting the debt for a fee.

15
Q

Which are the 3 services offered by a factor?

A

1) Debt collection and administration
2) financing
3) credit insurance

16
Q

Factoring service of debt collection and administration has recourse and non recounrse elements. What is the difference?

A

Recourse - Company bears cost of bad debt

Non recourse - Factor bears cost of bad debt

17
Q

A factors takeson the the whole of the company’s sales ledger, including issueing invoices and collecting debt.

True or False?

A

True

18
Q

In addition to taking over the sales ledger, the factoring will advance 80% of the value of debt collected and the remainder (less the finance cost) will be paid when the debt is collected. The fanctor is therefore a source of finance, usually charging ________ above the bank rate and charged on a ________basis

A

1.5-3%

daily

19
Q

How does credit insurance from a Factor work?

A
  • Factor insures irrecoverable debts
  • Factor determines who the company is able to offer credit to.
20
Q

Which companies is factoring most suitable for?

A
  • small to medium firms who can’t afford sophisticated credit and sales accounting systems;
  • Rapidly expanding firms
21
Q

Factoring is designed to accelerate a companies________ and therefore improves________

A

Cashflow

Liquidity

22
Q

What are the factors to be considered when formulating a working capital management policy of trade receivables?

A
  1. Level of investment in trade receivables
  2. Cost of financing trade credit
  3. Level of risk acceptable to company
  4. The need for liquidity
  5. Expertise available
23
Q

What are the key elements of establishing an accounts receivable policy?

A
  1. Establish a credit policy
  2. Credit assessments
  3. Credit Control
  4. Collection of amounts due
24
Q

What are the key factors in formulating a working capital funding policy.

A
  • Dividing assets into Non current, permanent and fluctuating.
  • Matching Principle (Moderate)
  • Aggressive/Conservative
25
Q

How might we protect against foreign receivables?

A
  • Advance payment, or payment on shipment/delivery
  • Insurance
  • Export factoring
  • Bill of exchane
  • Credit checks