Accounting For Managerial Decision
Accounting For Managerial Decision
Accounting For Managerial Decision
FOR
MANAGERIAL DECISION
PRESENTED BY
VISHAL MEHTA
SYBMS
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STATEMENT OF
RATIOS
.
FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF
RATIOS
SOLVENCY RATIOS LEVERAGE RATIOS ACTIVITY RATIOS PROFITABILITY VALUATION
OR
CREDIT RATIOS RATIOS
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ILLUSTRATION : 5
H LTD. HAS A PRESENT ANNUAL SALES LEVEL OF 10,000 UNITS AT ₹ 300 PER UNIT. THE VARIABLE COST IS ₹ 200 PER UNIT
AND THE FIXED COSTS AMOUNT TO ₹ 3,00,000 PER ANNUM. THE PRESENT CREDIT PERIOD ALLOWED BY THE COMPANY
IS 1 MONTH. THE COMPANY IS CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE CREDIT PERIODS TO 2 MONTHS AND 3
MONTHS AND HAS MADE THE FOLLOWING ESTIMATES :
EXISTING PROPOSED
CREDIT POLICY 1 MONTH 2 MONTHS 3
MONTHS
INCREASE IN SALES 1% 15 % 30 %
% OF BAD DEBTS 3% 5%
THERE WILL BE INCREASE IN FIXED COST BY ₹ 50,000 ON AMOUNT OF INCREASE OF SALES BEYOND 25 % OF PRESENT
LEVEL. THE COMPANY PLANS ON A PRETAX RETURN OF 20 % ON INVESTMENT IN RECEIVABLES.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CALCULATE THE MOST PAYING CREDIT POLICY FOR THE COMPANY.
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WORKING NOTE
ABC FIRM IS CONSIDERING TO MAKE RLAXATION IN ITS CREDIT POLICY. THE ABC MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED TWO NEW
POLICIES. FROM THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ADVISE THE ABC MANAGEMENT WHICH POLCY HAS TO BE ADOPTED :
A) ANNUAL CREDIT SALES AT PRESENT ₹ 87.5 LAKHS
B) PROPOSAL CREDIT SALES :
UNDER ALTERNATIVE - I UNDER ALTERNATIVE – II
₹ 105 LAKHS ₹ 118 LAKHS
D) THE ABC IS REQUIRED TO GIVE A RETURN OVER 30 % ON THE INVESTMENT IN NEW ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE.
E) ITS PV RATIO IS 30 %.
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PARTICULARS EVALUATION OF CREDIT POLICIES
EXISTING ALTERNATIVE I (₹) II
ALTERNATIVE
POLICY
A) CREDIT SALES 87,50,000 1,05,00,000 1,18,00,000
B) ACCOUNYTS RECEIVABLES TURNOVER RATIO 7 TIMES 5.25 TIMES 4.2 TIMES
C) AVERAGE COLLECTION PERIOD 1.71 MONTHS 2.29 MONTHS 2.89 MONTHS
D) AVERAGE INVESTMENT IN
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES (APPROX.) 12,50,000 20,00,000 28,09,523
E) INCREASE IN RECEIVABLES OVER EXISTING LEVEL - 7,50,000 15,59,523
F) INCREASE IN RECEIVABLES OVER EXISTING
LEVEL LESS PROFIT MARGIN 30 % [(E) x 70 %] - 5,25,000 10,91,667
G) INCREASE IN CREDIT SALES - 17,50,000 30,50,000
H) PROFT ON INCREASE IN CREDIT SALES - 5,25,000 9,15,000
I) INCREASE IN BAD DEBTS - 2,62,000 5,25,000
J) PROFIT ON INCREASED DEBTS
LESS INCREASE IN BAD DEBTS LOSSES [(H) - (I)] - 2,63,000 3,90,000
K) REQUIRED RETURN ON
INCREASED RECEIVABLES [(F) x 30 %] - 1,57,500 3,27,500
I) EXCESS OF RETURN OVER
DESIRED RATE OF RETURN [(J) - (K)] - 1,05,500 62,500
SINCE THE EXISTING RECEIVABLE TURNOVER RATIO IS NOT GIVEN IN THE PROBLEM, IT IS ASSMUED 7 TIMES.
CONCLUSION : FROMT THE ABOVE INCREMENTAL CALCULATIONS IT IS OBSERVED THAT THE COMPANY CAN MAXIMISE ITS RETURN UNDER ALTERNATIVE I
WHICH GIVES HIGHEST EXCESSS OF RETURNON INVESTEMENT IN AVERAGE BALANCES OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES.
THAN
K YOU
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