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प्रश्न
Answer the question.
Briefly explain any four types of working capital required by a business concern.
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उत्तर
Working capital means the capital invested in working assets or current assets such as cash, stock of goods, debtors and short term investments, etc.
The various types of working capital are:
Permanent Working Capital: It refers to the minimum amount of working capital required permanently to operate the minimum level of business activity. It determines the financing requirement in the case of fixed assets is simply the cost of the asset. It is of two types: Initial and Regular working capital.
Variable Working Capital: It is the difference between networking capital and permanent working capital. The amount of temporary’ working capital depends upon the extent of extra demand in season. It is of two types: seasonal and special working capital.
Gross Working Capital: Gross working capital refers to the total amount of funds invested in the current assets.
Gross Working Capital = Book value of current assets Working Capital: Networking capital means the excess of current assets over current liabilities. Current assets include cash at bank, sundry’ debtors, cash in hand, bills receivable, etc. Current liabilities include bills payable, sundry creditors, short term loans, etc.
Net Working Capital = Current assets – Current liabilities
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the following as factors affecting the requirements of working capital:
Scale of operations
Higher dividend per share is associated with
______ involve identifying various sources of funds and deciding the best combination for raising the funds.
Assertion (A): A commercial bill is a bill of exchange used to finance the working capital requirements of business firms.
Reason (R): Commercial bill is a short-term, negotiable, self-liquidating instrument which is used to finance the credit sales of firms.
Read the following text and answer the following question on the basis of the same:
Mr. A. Bose is running a successful business. Mr. Bose is the owner of R. K. Cement Ltd. Mr. Bose decided to expand his business by acquiring a Steel Factory. This required an investment of Rs. 60 crores. To seek advice in this matter, he called his financial advisor Mr. T. Ghosh who advised him about the judicious mix of equity (40%) and Debt (60%). Employ more of cheaper debt may enhance the EPS. Mr. Ghosh also suggested him to take loan from a financial institution as the cost of raising funds from financial institutions is low. Though this will increase the financial risk but will also raise the return to equity shareholders. He also apprised him that issue of debt will not dilute the control of equity shareholders. At the same time, the interest on loan is a tax-deductible expense for computation of tax liability. After due deliberations with Mr. Ghosh, Mr. Bose decided to raise funds from a financial institution.
"Mr. T. Ghosh who advised him about the judicious mix of equity (40%) and Debt (60%)." The proportion of debt in the overall capital is called ______.
Through which sources must fixed capital be financed?
How does Choice of Technique affect fixed capital requirement?
What is the effect of higher expected growth on fixed capital?
How does Diversification affect fixed capital?
How does the Level of Collaboration affect each firm's fixed asset investment?
