Assume that the accounts receivable (in millions) were $1,308 at the beginning of
1. Compute the accounts receivable turnover for Year 2 and Year 1. Round to two decima
Best Buy, Media Play,
Buy reported the following (in millions):
Sales
Accounts receivable at end of year
fiscal Year 1.
Year 2
$39,528
1,162
Year 1
$40,339
1,280
places.
2. Compute the days' sales in receivables at the end of Year 2 and Year 1. Use 365 dans
and round to one decimal place.
3.
What conclusions can be drawn from (1) and (2) regarding Best Buys
efficiency in collecting receivables?
4.
What assumption did we make about sales for the Best Buy ratio computa-
tions that might distort the ratios and therefore cause the ratios not to be comparable
for Year 2 and Year 1?