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Questions -

Q1. Champion Corporation has daily cash receipts of $300,000 and is interested in acquiring a lockbox service in order to reduce collection time. The firm received the following lockbox service offers:

Bank A will reduce collection time by 3 days at a cost of $3,000 per month

Bank B will reduce collection time by 4 days at a cost of $5,000 per month

Bank C will reduce collection time by 1 day at a cost of $500 per month

Bank D will reduce collection time by 2 days at a cost of $1,000 per month

If money market rates are expected to average 6% during the year, and the firm wishes to maximize income, which bank should the firm choose?

Q2. The financial manager of Judy Company wants to determine the amount of cash outlays to be spent for the next period. He asked the help of the accountant and the latter provided a cash budget for the next year. According to the computations, the company would be incurring cash expenses of $6,612,500 per month. The financial manager has estimated a cost of $40 per transaction in case non-cash asset is converted to cash. The firm's opportunity cost ratio is 12%.

a. How much is the optimum cash balance?

b. How much is the average cash balance?

c. What is the number of conversion made during the year?

d. What is the total cash cost?

Q3. TNT Company is evaluating the extension of credit to a new group of customers. Although these customers will provide $240,000 in additional credit sales, 12% are likely to be uncollectible. The company will also incur $21,000 in additional collection expense. Production and marketing costs represent 72% of sales. The firm is in a 30% tax bracket and has a receivables turnover of six times. No other asset buildup will be required to service the new customers. The firm has a 10% desired return on investment.

a. Should TNT Company extend credit to these customers?

b. Should credit be extended if the receivables turnover drops to 1.5 and all other factors are the same?