ACCTG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Quick Ratio, Current Liability, Accounts Receivable

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14 Sep 2020
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Neither working capital nor the current ratio considers the makeup of the current assets. A ratio that measures the instant debt-paying ability of a company is called the quick ratio or acid-test ratio, which is the ratio of the total quick assets to total current liabilities. Quick assets are cash and other current assets that can be quickly converted to cash. Quick assets normally include cash, marketable securities, and receivables. The quick ratio is a more stringent measure of liquidity than the current ratio. Included in grand company"s current assets, the quick assets are cash, marketable securities, and accounts receivables that can generally be converted to cash rather quickly to pay current liabilities. Relevant financial statement data can be used to compute grand company"s quick ratio as follows: The amount and makeup of accounts receivable changes constantly during business operations. Sales on account increase accounts receivable, whereas collections from customers decrease accounts receivable.

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