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Classification Or Kinds Of Working Capital
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Principles Of Working Capital Management Policy
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Sources Of Working Capital
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Factoring or Accounts Receivable Credit
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 Classification Or Kinds Of Working Capital

Working capital may be classified in two ways

On the basis of Concept.

On the basis of Time.

On the basis of Concept

Gross Working Capital

Net Working Capital

On the basis of Time

Permanent / Fixed Working Capital

Temporary /Variable Working Capital

Temporary or Variable Working Capital

Temporary or variable working capital is the amount of

working capital which is required to meet the seasonal
demands and some special exigencies.

Variable working capital can be further classified as

seasonal working capital and special working capital.

The capital required to meet the seasonal needs of the

enterprise is called seasonal working capital.
Special working capital is that part of working
capital which is required to meet special
exigencies such as launching of extensive
marketing campaigns for conducting research
Principles Of Working Capital
Management Policy
Principle of Risk Variation (Current Assets Policies).
Risk here refers to the inability of a firm to meet its obligations
as and when they become due for payment.
 Larger investment in current assets with less dependence on
short-term borrowings increases liquidity, reduces dependence
on short-term borrowings increases liquidity, reduces risk and
thereby decreases the opportunity for gain or loss.
On the other hand less investment in current assets with
greater dependence on short-term borrowings, reduces liquidity
and increases profitability.
There is a definite inverse relationship between the
degree of risk and profitability.
A conservative management prefers to minimize
risk by maintaining a higher level of current assets
or working capital while a liberal management
assumes greater risk by reducing working capital.
The goal of the management should be to establish
a suitable trade off between profitability and risk.
The various working capital policies indicating the relationship
between current assets and sales are depicted below
Risk and Return (Costs of Liquidity and Illiquidity) Trade off
 There is a definite inverse relationship between the degree of risk
and profitability.
Risk here refer to the level of current assets or the cost of liquidity.
Higher the investment in current assets, higher is the cost and
lower the profitability, and vice-versa.
Thus, a firm has to reach a balance (trade off) between the cost of
liquidity and cost of illiquidity.
Principle of Cost of Capital.
 The cost of capital and the degree of risk involved.
 Higher the risk lower is the cost and lower the risk higher is the
cost.
A sound working capital management should always try to achieve
a proper balance
Principle of Equity Position
The total investment in current assets.
 The amount of working capital invested in each component
should be adequately justified by a firm’s equity position.
Every rupee invested in the current assets should contribute
to the net worth of the firm.
The level of current assets may be measured with the help
of two ratios
 current assets as a percentage of total assets
current assets as a percentage of total sales.
 The composition of current assets, the financial manager
may consider the relevant industrial averages
Principle of Maturity of Payment
 This principle is concerned with planning the sources of finance
for working capital.
 According to this principle, a firm should make every effort to
relate maturities of payment to its flow of internally generated
funds.
Maturity pattern of various current obligations is an important
factor in risk assumptions and risk assessments.
Generally, shorter the maturity schedule of current liabilities in
relation to expected cash inflows, the greater the inability td meet
its obligations in time.
Sources Of Working Capital

 Permanent or Fixed
Shares
Debentures
Public deposits
Ploughing back of profits
Loans from Financial Institutions.
Financing of temporary, variable or short-term
working capital
Indigenous Bankers
Trade Credit .
Installment Credit
Advances
Accounts Receivable Credit or Factoring
Accrued Expenses
Deferred Incomes
Commercial Paper
Commercial Banks
Permanent or Fixed Sources of WC
Shares
Issue of shares is the most important source for raising
the permanent or long-term capital.
A company can issue various types of shares as equity
shares, preference shares and deferred shares.
 Preference shares carry preferential rights in respect of
dividend at a fixed rate and in regard to the repayment of
capital at the time of winding up the company.
 As far as possible, a company should raise the maximum
amount of permanent capital by the issue of shares
 Debentures
 A debenture is an instrument issued by the company
acknowledging its debt to its holder.
It is also an important method of raising long-term or
permanent working capital.
The debenture-holders are the creditors of the company. A
fixed rate of interest is paid on debentures.
The interest on debentures is a charge against profit and
loss account.
The debentures are a floating charge on the assets of the
company. When the debentures are secured they are paid
on priority to other creditors.
Public Deposits.
Public deposits are the fixed deposits accepted by a
business enterprise directly from the public.
 This source of raising short term and medium-term
finance was very popular in the absence of banking
facilities.
 public deposits were accepted by textile industries
in Ahmedabad and Bombay for periods of 6 months
to 1 year.
 long-term deposits for 5 to 7 years are accepted by
the business houses.
Public deposits as a source of finance have a large number of
advantages such as very simple and convenient source of
finance, taxation benefits, trading on equity, no need of securities
and an inexpensive source of finance.
 The Reserve Bank of India has also laid down certain limits on
public deposits. Non-banking concerns cannot borrow by way of
public deposits more than 25% of its paid-up capital and free
reserves
Ploughing Back of Profits
 Ploughing back of profits means the reinvestments by concern of
its surplus earnings in its business.
It is an internal source of finance and is mot suitable for an
established firm for its expansion, modernization and replacement
 This method of finance has a number of advantages as it is the
cheapest rather cost-free source of finance
There is no need to keep securities
There is no dilution of control
It ensures stable dividend policy and gains confidence of the public.
Loans from Financial Institutions
Financial institutions such as Commercial Banks, Life
Insurance Corporation, Industrial Finance Corporation of
India, State Financial Corporations, State Industrial
Development Corporations, Industrial Development Bank
of India
 To provide short-term, medium-term and long-term loans.
This source of finance is more suitable to meet the
medium-term demands of working capital.
Interest is charged on such loans at a fixed rate and the
amount of the loan is to be repaid by way of instalments in
a number of years
Financing of temporary, variable or short-term WC
Indigenous Bankers
Private money-lenders and other country bankers used to
be the only source of finance prior to the establishment of
commercial banks.
They used to charge very high rates of interest and
exploited the customers to the largest extent possible. Now-
a-days with the development of commercial banks they have
lost their monopoly.
 Today some business houses have to depend upon
indigenous bankers for obtaining loans to meet their working
capital requirements.
Trade Credit
 Trade credit refers to the credit extended by the suppliers of
goods in the normal course of business.
As present day commerce is built upon credit, the trade credit
arrangement of a firm with its suppliers is an important source of
short-term finance.
The credit-worthiness of a firm and the confidence of its suppliers
are the main basis of securing trade credit.
 It is mostly granted on an open account basis whereby supplier
sends goods to the buyer for the payment to be received in future
as per terms of the sales invoice.
It also take the form of bills payable whereby the buyer signs a bill
of exchange payable on a specified future date.
When a firm delays the payment beyond the due
date as per the terms of sales invoice, it is called
stretching accounts payable.
A firm may generate additional short-term finances
by stretching accounts payable, but it may have to
pay penal interest charges as well as to forgo cash
discount.
 If a firm delays the payment frequently, it adversely
affects the credit worthiness of the firm and it may
not be allowed such credit facilities in future.
Advantages of trade credit
 A source of short-term finance include
It is an easy and convenient method of finance.
It is flexible as the credit increases with the growth
of the firm.
It is informal and spontaneous source of finance.
Instalment Credit
 Interest is charged on the unpaid price or it may be adjusted
in the price. It provides funds for sometime and is used as a
source of short-term working capital by many business
houses which have difficult fund position.
Advances
Some business houses get advances from their customers
and agents against orders and this source is a short-term
source of finance for them. It is a cheap source of finance
and in order to minimize their investment in working capital,
some firms having long production cycle, specially the firms
manufacturing industrial products prefer to take advances
from their customers.
Factoring or Accounts Receivable Credit
Accounts receivable credit offered by commercial banks
and factors.
 A commercial bank may provide finance by discounting
the bills or invoices of its customers.
 Thus, a firm gets immediate payment for sales made on
credit.
 A factor is a financial institution which offers services
relating to management and financing of debts arising
out of credit sales.
Factors render services varying from bill discounting
facilities offered by commercial banks to a total take
over of administration of credit sales.
 Factoring in India is rendered by only a few financial
institutions on a recourse basis However, the Report of
the Working Group on Money Market constituted by the
Reserve Bank of India has recommended that banks
should be encouraged to set up factoring divisions to
provide speedy finance to the corporate entities.
Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses are the expenses which have been
incurred but not yet due and hence not yet paid also.
 These simply represent a liability that a firm has to pay
for the services already received by it. The most
important items of accruals are wages and salaries,
interest, and taxes. Wages and salaries are usually paid
on monthly, fortnightly or weekly basis for the services
already rendered by employees.
The longer the payment-period, the greater is the amount
of liability towards employees or the funds provided by
them . Accrued interest and taxes also constitute a short-
term source of finance.
Deferred Incomes
Deferred incomes are incomes received in advance
before supplying goods or services.
They represent funds received by a firm for which it
has to supply goods or services in future.
These funds increase the liquidity of a firm and
constitute an important source of short-term finance.
However, firms having great demand for its products
and services, and those having good reputation in the
market can demand deferred incomes.
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Commercial Paper
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Commercial paper represents unsecured promissory notes issued
by firms to raise short-term funds.
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It is an important money market instrument in advanced countries
like U.S.A. In India, the Reserve Bank of India introduced
commercial paper in the Indian money market on the
recommendations of the Working Group on Money Market
But only large companies enjoying high credit rating and sound
financial health can issue commercial paper to raise short-term
funds.
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The Reserve Bank of India has laid down a number of conditions to
determine eligibility of a company for the issue of commercial paper.
A company is listed on the stock exchange, has a net worth of at
least Rs. 10 crores and a maximum permissible bank finance of Rs.
25 crores can issue commercial paper not exceeding 30 per cent of
its working capital limit.
Working Capital Finance By Commercial Banks
Commercial banks are the most important source of
short-term capital.
The major portion of working capital loans are provided
by commercial banks.
They provide a wide variety of loans tailored to meet
the specific requirements of a concern.
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The loans and advances are
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Loans
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Cash Credits
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Overdrafts
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Purchasing and Discounting of bills.
Loans
When a bank makes an advance in lump-sum against some
security it is called a loan. In case of a loan, a specified amount is
sanctioned by the bank to the customer. The entire loan amount is
paid to the borrower either in cash or by credit to his account.
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The borrower is required to pay interest on the entire amount of
the loan from the date of the sanction.
A loan may be repayable in lump sum or instalments.
Interest on loans is calculated at quarterly rests and where
repayments are stipulated in instalments, the interest is
calculated at quarterly rests on the reduced balances.
Commercial banks generally provide short-term loans up
to one year for meeting working capital requirements.
But now-a-days term loans exceeding one year are also
provided by banks. The term loans may be either medium-
term or long-term loans.
Cash Credits
A cash credit is an arrangement by which a bank allows his
customer to borrow money up to a certain limit against some
tangible securities or guarantees.
The customer can withdraw from his cash credit limit
according to his needs and he can also deposit any surplus
amount with him.
The interest in case of cash credit is charged on the daily
balance and not on the entire amount of the account.
For these reasons, it is the most favorite mode of borrowing
by industrial and commercial concerns.
 Overdrafts
Overdraft means an agreement with a bank by which a
current account-holder is allowed to withdraw more than the
balance to his credit up to a certain limit.
There are no restrictions for operation of overdraft limits. The
interest is charged on daily overdrawn balances.
The main difference between cash credit and overdraft is that
overdraft is allowed for a short period and is a temporary
accommodation whereas the cash credit is allowed for a
longer period.
 Overdraft accounts can either be clean overdrafts, partly
secured or fully secured.
Purchasing and Discounting of Bills
 Purchasing and discounting of bills is the most important form in which a
bank lends without any collateral security. Present day commerce is built
upon credit.
The seller draws a bill of exchange on the buyer of goods on credit. Such a
bill may be either a clean bill or a documentary bill which is accompanied
by documents of title to goods such as a railway receipt.
 The bank purchases the bills payable on demand and credits the
customer’s account with the amount of bill less discount.
At the maturity of the bills, bank presents the bill to its acceptor for
payment.
In case the bill discounted is dishonored by non-payment, the bank
recovers the full amount of the bill from the customer along with expenses
in that connection.
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