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ACCOUNTING
by: ELISA L. RICAFRANCA, MBA
Place - Convenience
Price - Cost
Promotion - Communication
There is a need now to have a smart Manager; to combat
competition
Management Accounting
The process of analyzing, interpreting and presenting
financial statements using the statements prepared
under financial accounting.
Assist managers in;
In year 2011, the cost of sales is 51% and the operating expenses is 35%
In year 2012, the cost of sales is 50% and the operating expenses is 37%
In year 2013, the cost of sales is 47% and the operating expenses is 32%
The operating performances of the company showed that it
continuously improved its cost of sales from 51% in year 2011 to
47% of 2013. It is assumed that the qualities of products were not
reduced because the sales also increased, neither were the
company’s services to their customers because operating expenses
were reduced by 3% in comparison with the year 2011 figures. As
stated before, these analyses are not conclusive. These will only be
the starting point where the company should consider non-
financial aspects and discover more opportunities for growth.
Horizontal Analysis of Income Statement
In doing the horizontal analysis of an income statement, two year reports
shall be compared and the increase of each account is computed. These are
the steps that one has to follow in doing the horizontal analysis
FORMULA Application
20,880,000.00
Credit Sales 412,500.00
Average Receivable
51 times
Interpretation
This means that the company sold and collected 51 times
in a year
To fully appreciate the analytical tool the number of days
in receivable should be computed
Formula
365 days
Receivalbe Turnover
Application
365
51
7 days
Interpretation
FORMULA Application
14 days
Interpretation
The ratio shows that the average number of days that the
company can dispose the inventory is 14 days. The
company is fast in disposal and fact in collecting its sales
on account.
Payable Turnover
FORMULA Application
Purchases 9,750.00
Average Payable 200,000.00
49 times
No of days
365 days 365 7 days
Payable turnover 49
This show that the company is also fast in paying its supplier.
The question now???? What caused the current ratio to fall
below P1.00 for every P1.00 of liability?
To Summarize:
Jan. 1 – The company purchases inventory for sale
Jan. 14 – The company was able to dispose to 14 days no. of days in inventory
customer
Jan. 21 – The company was able to collect the 7 days no. of days in receivable
sales on account
Jan. 7 – the company paid the payable
The working capital will decrease because the
company made an early settlement of its payable
Learnings
1. As much as possible convert cash back to cash before
settlement of accounts payable. As a manager; you can
invest the money to high yielding investment just in time
when the payable falls due.
2. It can be seen that the operating performance of the
company is really good but because of financial
analysis, operation can still be improved by scanning all
the potential opportunities or earning money for the
company.