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Business scenario: Your business does about $1

Finance Nov 20, 2020

Business scenario: Your business does about $1.5 million in business, with sales equally spread throughout the year. Your average invoice size is about $26,000. You give all of your customers credit terms of Net 30 days, but most of your customers pay on 45 days. You need working capital to take on new orders, so you approach Slick Willy Factoring to get some cash. Slick Willy says that he will advance you 97% of the face value of any invoice. The customers will have to pay Slick Willy back the full amount of the invoice and he says he will charge you an additional 0.5% for each week that a customer is late in paying. Further, he will charge you $2,000 per month "standby" fee for his services plus a transaction fee of $150 for each invoice. Assuming you factor all of your receivables in the coming year, how much in total dollars will your financing arrangement with Slick Willy cost? How much will that be in terms of the interest rate you are paying on the funds you actually receive? Hint: Interest calculations should be based on the money you actually receive

Expert Solution

Total Annual Sales   = $ 1,500,000, Average Invoice Value = $ 25,000, Credit period = net 30 days

Average collection period = 45 days

Delay in payment = 45-30 = 15 days or 2 weeks

Amount Factor will pay = 97% of invoice value

Amount received from factor = $ 25000 * 60 * 97% = $ 1,455,000

Charges for late payment = 0.5% per week

Standby fee = $ 2000 per month

Transaction fee = $ 150 per Invoice

Total Number of Invoices raised in a year = $ 1,500,000 / $25,000 = 60

Total Sales

   

$1,500,000

Less

     

Amount charged for factoring

(1,500,000 – 1,455,000)

$ 45,000

 

Charges for late payment

60 * 25000 *0.5% * 2 weeks

$ 15,000

 

Standby Fee

$ 2000 * 12

$ 24,000

 

Transaction Fee

$ 150 * 60

$ 9,000

 

Total amount charged by Factor

   

$ 93,000

Net Amount receivable

   

$1,407,000

       

Interest cost of factoring services = ($ 93,000 / $ 1,500,000) * 100 = 6.20%

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