Fundamentals of Finance: Ignacio Lezaun English Edition 2021
Fundamentals of Finance: Ignacio Lezaun English Edition 2021
Fundamentals of Finance: Ignacio Lezaun English Edition 2021
English edition
2021
Fundamentals of Finance
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Unit 3: Working Capital 3
Management UNIT 3
OBJECTIVES
1. Background
2. Managing and Measuring Liquidity
3. Managing Accounts Receivable
4. Managing Accounts Payable
5. Managing Inventory
6. Working Capital Management
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Operating and cash cycles of a
firm UNIT 3
+ Manufacturing
UNIT 3
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Solution:
• As we know that the average daily sales has been € 75,000 and the delay is 12 days with
a financing cost of 5%, the answer is € 45,000.00
• Another way to fix this is to see how much total sales are for the year and calculate the
cost of financing those sales for 12 days.
The payment management policy includes both the term and the means of payment. It is
necessary to take into account the possible surcharges for late payment as well as the
discount for advanced payments.
The objective should be to achieve the longest average payment term within the law and
what´s agreed.
Currently the current legislation in Spain establishes a maximum term for the payment of
invoices, 60 days as a general rule (in the case of the agri-food industry, the primary sector,
the term is 30 days).
To facilitate the administrative task, it is possible to negotiate the invoicing of our suppliers
on established dates as well as grouping the purchases made in the period, establishing
payment dates
Avoid at all times to carry out reprehensible practices when delaying payments:
missing signature, sending wrong payment data,…. These practices represent
unethical behaviour (and can also lead to a very negative image of the company.
Management of payments UNIT 3
In 2004, the first Law against late payment was published in Spain, Law 3/2004, which
established a series of conditions that companies should comply with. This Law was
modified by Law 15/2010 and among the most outstanding measures:
Suppliers must send the invoice to their clients within 15 days from the date of receipt of the merchandise or
provision of the service.
The payment term is 30 days from the receipt of the merchandise or service. A maximum of 60 days can be
agreed.
Invoices can be grouped over a specified period of no more than 15 days by means of a summary invoice of
all deliveries made during that period.
In the electronic invoice, the beginning of the calculation of the payment term will be made from the receipt
of the invoice.
The debtor is in default and must pay the interest agreed in the contract or the legal interest on the money if
the established term is breached.
The default interest is the one agreed, and failing that, the legal interest of the money. The clauses agreed
between the parties on the date of payment and the consequences of the delay that differ from those legally
established will be void.
Accounts payable UNIT 3
• If average days payables is too high indicates that your business may be paying
suppliers beyond the accepted collections periods, meaning that you are paying
interest on your purchases, which in turn could affect your business’s credit rating
• If your average days payable is too low, this indicates that your business is not
taking advantage of your suppliers’ payment terms and that you are unable
to take full advantage of their purchase credit
Number of days payables:
example Apple UNIT 3
= 91.07
Operating and cash cycles of a
firm UNIT 3
DIO
DSO
DPO
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Solution:
Solution:
• First of all, we must know what purchases have been in 2020 through the already known equation
of Initial Stock + Purchases - Consumption = Final Stock.
• Purchases for the year amount to € 1,635,000 + € 415,000= € 2,050,000
• Remember that they do not include VAT, VAT included purchases amount to 2,480,500€
• If the balance of suppliers is 250,500€ the average payment period is 36.9 days