Each business day, on average a company writes checks totaling $14,000 to pay it

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Each business day, on average a company writes checks totaling $14,000 to pay its suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is four days. Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers each day, in the form of checks, totaling $26,000. The cash from the payments is available to the firm after two days. a. Calculate the companys disbursement float, collection float, and net float. b. How would you answer to part (a) change if the collected funds were available in one day instead of two?

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a) Disbursement float is the decrease in book cash generated by the decrease from checks disbursed but not yet cashed. Therefore 4 days times -$14,000 = -$56,000. Collection float is the negative float occuring when checks are deposited and not yet cleared. Therefore 2 days times -$26000 = -$52,000 Net float is the sum of both floats, -$56,000+-$52,000=$108,000 b) Disbursement float is the decrease in book cash generated by the decrease from checks disbursed but not yet cashed. Therefore 4 days times -$14,000 = -$56,000. Collection float is the negative float occuring when checks are deposited and not yet cleared. Therefore 1 days times -$26000 = -$26,000 Net float is the sum of both floats, -$56,000+-$26,000=$82,000

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