A company has the following information: Net credit sales = $400,000 Net income = $100,000 Average total assets = $80,000 Average accounts receivable = $20,000 What is the company's average collection period (rounded to the nearest whole day) ?

The average collection period of the company is 18 days

Explanation:

The formula for computing the average collection period of the company is as follows:

Average Collection period = 365 / Accounts receivable turnover ratio

where

Accounts receivable turnover ratio is computed as:

Accounts receivable turnover ratio = Net credit sales / Average accounts receivable

Putting the values above:

Accounts receivable turnover ratio = $400,000 / $20,000

Accounts receivable turnover ratio = 20

Now putting the values of the Accounts receivable turnover ratio in the formula of average collection period:

Average collection period = 365 / 20

= 18.25 or 18 days