Question: Your firm has an average receipt size of $135. A bank has approached you concerning a lockbox service that will decrease your total collection time by one day. You typically receive 7,300 checks per day. The daily interest rate is .016 percent. The bank charges a lockbox fee of $125 per day.
What is the NPV of accepting the lockbox agreement? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
NPV $
What would the net annual savings be if the service were adopted? (Use 365 days a year. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Net annual savings $