Short-term creditors, Financial Accounting

Assignment Help:

Short-term Creditors:  Bankers and another short-term creditor have an interest same to those of the debenture holders and equity shareholders who are interested in the profitability and long-term stability of the business. Their main interest, though, is in the current position of the firm that is its capability to produce sufficient funds working capital to meet current operating requirements and to pay current debts promptly.

The amount of working capital is measured through the excess of current assets over current liabilities. What is significant to short-term creditors is not only the amount of working capital obtainable but more so-is its quality. The major factors affecting the quality of working capital are:

(i)  the behaviour of the current assets comprising the working capital and

(ii) The length of time needed to convert these assets in cash. During this context we may compute the subsequent ratios:

a. Inventory turnover ratio         

b. Account receivable turnover ratio


Related Discussions:- Short-term creditors

Financial management, What can a financial institution often do for a defic...

What can a financial institution often do for a deficit economic unit (DEU)that it would have difficulty doing for itself if the DEU were to deal directly with an SEU?

Persons who may petition-liquidation of companies, Persons Who May Petition...

Persons Who May Petition A petition may be presented by any of the following: A Creditor : A creditor may petition if his debt exceeds Shs 1,000 and is undisputed. The ord

What should Peter do? Suggest alternative courses of action, Peter has wor...

Peter has worked for five years as an assistant accountant for a large garage and vehicle repair workshop. In the past two weeks he has noticed that one of the managers, Simon, ha

Illustration for company conversion-partnership, Illustration for company c...

Illustration for company conversion Kamau Maneno and Rotino have carried on partnership for several years, sharing profits and losses equally after allowing for annual salaries

The conflicting interests of users, The conflicting interests of users ...

The conflicting interests of users We have seen above that every user group looks at a business from a different perspective and has its own individual interests. This means th

Fixed interest securities-accounts under trustee , Fixed Interest Securitie...

Fixed Interest Securities No advice in writing is required before an investment in fixed interest securities is made. Government Securities. Treasury Bills. Fixed

Limitations of the five year period of analysis, Q. Limitations of the five...

Q. Limitations of the five year period of analysis? A number of restrictions to the analysis potentially arise - The approach doesn't take account of future benefits/costs a

ACCOUNTING THEORY, HOW DOES ACCOUNTING THEORY INFLUENCE ACCOUNTING POLICY M...

HOW DOES ACCOUNTING THEORY INFLUENCE ACCOUNTING POLICY MAKING

The optimal distribution policy strikes, The optimal distribution policy st...

The optimal distribution policy strikes that balance between current dividends and capital gains that maximizes the firm's stock price

Annuity, An annuity is explained as stream of uniform duration cash flows. ...

An annuity is explained as stream of uniform duration cash flows. The payment of life insurance premium through the policyholder to the insurance company is an illustration of an a

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd