Warren owns and manages a small business, which sells pet supplies to high street shops...

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Warren owns and manages a small business, which sells pet supplies to high street shops and market traders. Warren sells to customers on credit at 30 days credit terms. (Warren manages all aspects of the business, including delivery and collection of the pet supplies.) The business accounts are balanced at the end of each month, and the transactions are posted daily.

On 1 March the balances on his accounts were as follows:

Account name Debit () Credit ()
Capital 88,000
Van 30,000
Van accumulated depreciation 6,000
Bank 17,280
Receivables control 55,850
Payables control 9,130
103,130

103,130

On 1 March, the debit balances on the receivables ledger accounts were as follows:

Receivables ledger accounts
Adam 12,000
Mercy 27,930
Sherwood 15,920

On 1 March, the credit balances on the payables ledger accounts were as follows:

Payables ledger accounts
Bran 4,000
Gary 2,350
Wendela 2,780

During March, the following transactions took place:

No. Date Amount () Transaction
1 2 March 6,000 Receives payment from customer Adam in part settlement of amounts outstanding
2 3 March 2,500 Warren sells goods to customer Adam on 30 days credit terms
3 6 March 2,000 Warren pays by bank transfer part of the amount outstanding on the account of supplier Gary
4 7 March 1,800 Warren pays the business rent from his personal bank account
5 10 March 27,930 Warren receives payment from customer Mercy in full settlement of the amount outstanding
6 15 March 1,500 Warren purchases goods from supplier Bran on 30 days credit terms
7 17 March 11,000 Warren sells goods to customer Mercy on 30 days credit terms
8 18 March 500 Warren buys a laptop computer for use in the business paying from the business bank account
9 25 March 2,780 Warren pays by bank transfer the full amount outstanding on the account of supplier Wendela
10 30 March 2,000 Warren pays supplier Bran in part settlement of amounts outstanding

e.What do you notice about Warrens management of receivables and payables? What advice would you give him regarding his receivables? What question might you ask him in respect of payables? (The limit for your answer to (e) is 150 words.)

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