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### Financial & Managerial Accounting

Book edition 7th
Author(s) John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta
Pages 1096 pages
ISBN 9781259726705

# BTN 6-2 Key comparative figures for Apple and Google follow.$millions Current Year Prior Year Current Year Prior YearAccounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 16,849 $17,460$11,556 \$ 9,383Net sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233,715 182,795 74,989 66,00RequiredCompute days’ sales uncollected (rounded to two decimals) for these companies for each of the two years shown. Comment on any trends for the companies. Which company has the largest percent change (rounded to two decimals) in days’ sales uncollected?

Apple’s day’s sales uncollected have decreased by 46.12 days. The percent decrease is: (115.18- 161.30) / 161.30 = 0.29%

Google’s days’ sales uncollected have increased by 284.27days. The percent increase is: (542.27 – 258) / 258 = 1.10%.

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## Step-by-Step SolutionStep 1: Meaning of Days’ Sales Uncollected

Days' sales uncollected ratio is used to determine the number of days after which the entity will collect the receivables from debtors.

## Step 3: Comparative Analysis:

Google’s increase in days’ sales uncollected is 1.10%, which is a marked unfavourable trend compared with Apple’s decrease of 0.29%. Google has failed to successfully manage the number of days’ sales uncollected relative to the prior year. However, it is important to remember that Google’s accounts receivable has not been a large asset for this company.

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