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11. The monitoring of a firm's receivables investment using an aging schedule Consider the case of Federated Flour Company: Federated Flour Company sells on terms of 1/15 net 30. The company's management is concerned that its investment in accounts receivable is unintentionally growing due to its customers' late payments, called "arrearages." In anticipation of being asked about this by the company treasurer, Kami collected a sample of accounts receivable information. The sample represents 25% of the company's accounts receivable outstanding. Assist Kami by organizing the data into an aging schedule using the categories shown. Then calculate the volume of accounts receivable outstanding and the percentage of total receivables outstanding in each category to complete the statements that follow. Account Number 2667 1816 2083 2748 2796 Invoice Date Amount Due September 30 $321.80 August 12 1,444.70 November 8 315.60 October 23 358.40 November 5 472.80 October 3 454.30 September 25 3,933.80 August 27 2,306.75 September 14 1,068.50 July 20 548.75 Total: $11,225.40 1503 1539 2783 2522 1659 Federated Flour Company Aging Schedule, November 30 Days Late Period Arrearage Cumulative Arrearage 1-30 days $788.40 $788.40 31-60 days 1,601.10 61-90 days 91+ days 11,225.40 and An aging schedule provides insights into the condition of a firm's accounts receivable. In this case, using the preceding sample data, the percentage of receivables that are 61-90 days and 91+ days late are respectively. This has the potential to be a receivables and working capital management problem for Federated, because it means that the total dollar value for all of its accounts receivable that are more than 31 days late is (Remember, the preceding sample data represents 25% of Federated's total volume of accounts receivable.)

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