Chirping Birding Limited approached their bankers for working capital requirement. The bank has agreed to sanction the same by retaining margins as under: Raw materials: 18% Work-in-progress: 30% Finished goods: 20% Debt

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Chirping Birding Limited approached their bankers for working capital requirement. The bank has agreed to sanction the same by retaining margins as under: Raw materials: 18% Work-in-progress: 30% Finished goods: 20% Debtors: 10% The bank has also acceded to the request of the company to add 10% to the estimated figure of working capital to cover the contingencies. Following projections are being made available to bank by the company: Estimates Particulars Amount (in ₹) Annual sales 18,00,000 Cost of production 14,40,000 Raw materials purchased 9,35,000 Monthly expenditure 50,000 Anticipated opening stock of raw materials 1,80,000 Anticipated closing stock of raw materials 1,55,000 Inventory Norms Particulars Duration Raw material 2 months Work-in-progress 15 days Finished goods 1 month The company enjoys a credit of 15 days on its purchases and allows one month credit on the goods sold. Company has received advance of ₹2,50,000 against the sales orders. Given the above and stating assumptions, if any so taken : Work out and state the working capital limits likely to be approved by the banker to the company on the basis of the provided projections.

Answer & Explanation:

Calculation of the working capital limit likely to be approved by the banker Particulars Calculation Amount (₹) Raw Material 2 months Consumption Less 18% margin 1,60,000 - 28,800 1,31,200 Work in progress - 15 days Less 30% margin of cost of production 60,000 - 18,000 42,000 Finished Goods - 1 month of cost of production Less 20% margin 1,20,000 - 24,000 96,000 Sundry Debtors - 1 Month sales Less 10% margin 1,50,000 - 15,000 1,35,000 Expenditure for 1 month Nil Nil Further contingencies 25,104 Total Working Capital 4,29,304

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