Write Your Good-Form Solutions Below and Bolden Your Answer: Cash Received From Factoring 692,424.66 692,250.00
Write Your Good-Form Solutions Below and Bolden Your Answer: Cash Received From Factoring 692,424.66 692,250.00
The factor
accepted the accounts receivable, subject to recourse for nonpayment.
The factor assessed a fee of 2% and retained a holdback equal to 4% of the accounts receivable.
In addition, the factor charged 12% interest computed on a maturity of fifty-one days. The fair value of the
recourse obligation is P15,000.
REQUIRED
a. What is the amount of cash initially received from the factoring?
b. Assuming all accounts receivable are collected, what is the cost of
factoring the accounts
receivable?
Accounts
receivable 750,000.00
Factor's holdback 30,000.00
Factoring fee 15,000.00
Interest on
factoring 12,575.34 or (750,000 x 12% x 51/360) = 12,750.00
Cash received from factoring 692,424.66 or 692,250.00