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Discuss the rationale behind a liberal credit policy and its effect on sales and accounts receivable and the advantages and disadvantages of using short term debt.

How would you use short term debt with respect to inventory management, accruals and accounts payable?

What would the use of short term debt have on your capital structure and why?

What are the risks associated with short term debt and why?

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Rationale of Liberal Credit Policy and Its Effects
Liberal credit policy refers to the principle of selling on credit to customers on liberal terms and standards. In this policy, the credit is generated for longer period to those customers, who have credit worthiness and also maintain the strong financial position. In this credit policy, the bed debts are increasing on the firm and the firm is unable to collect the debts. It is because in this policy, firm sells to such customers, who have relatively less credit standing in the market. The liberal credit policy also affects the sales of the firm. If the company has more liberal credit policy, it will attract more customers that increase the sales of company (Moyer, ...

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