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/Y, net Z
/Y net z
% Cash discount
Visible cost of forgoing cash discount=---------------------------------------X
100% - % cash discount
365
/N
Visible cost of penalty charges= (percentage penalty per year) X (number of periods per year)
Costs of Trade Credit:
Prompt Payment
Delayed Payment
1.Cost of forgoing cash discount
2. Penalty charge for late payment
None
Costs passed on to Buyer by Seller for:
1. Carrying Costs
2. Credit checking
3. Bad-Debt losses
Revolving
Credit
Agreement:
A
revolving credit agreement is a formal
agreement; the bank is legally committed
to provide credit, up to some maximum
1. Single loan
2. Lines of credit
3. Revolving credit
4
Pledging
Receivables:
Pledging
receivables refers to using accounts
receivable as collateral for a loan, but
unlike factoring, the legal ownership of
the receivables remains with the firm.