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Bankruptcy InformationFactoring Financing: How to grow your business without business obligation or loans
by:
Marco Terry
What is factoring?
Accounts owed
financing, as well best-known as factoring, is a powerful business tool that has fueled the growth and success of a number of companies.
Factoring enables companies to capitalize on their unpaid assets
by commerce them to a factorisation institution for immediate payment. With factoring, companies
immediately get paid for their invoiced activity from the factorisation finance company, patch the factorisation institution waits to be paid by the customers. Factorisation
strengthens a business' cash position by shortening the time to get invoices paid to 48 hours and providing the necessary funds to meet current expenses and
target new opportunities.
Factoring Benefits
As opposed to loans and lines of credit that require that the client have tangible assets and strong financials, factorisation relies much heavily on the
financial strength of the clients' customer. This is a critical feature,since many a new and small businesses do not meet the business criteria of traditional
lending institutions. However, many a small businesses have a list of financially strong customers that can be leveraged. Factorisation empowers businesses to
capitalize on their consumer
list, and provides them with a tool to transform outstanding assets
into immediate cash, without generating debt. Since
Factoring is not a loan, it is an ideal business product for the following:
o New and emerging businesses including small and house businesses, consultants and solo-preneurs.
o Businesses with financially strong customers
o Businesses that are preparing to grow importantly
o Business with intangible assets (e.g. consultants)
o Businesses that do not want to take a loan
An additional benefit of factorisation is that the factor commonly assumes part of the clients' credit risk for the customer. This means that if the consumer
becomes financially insolvent due to bankruptcy and makes not pay the invoice, the factor wish assume the loss. This is a critical service for small companies
who may not be able to afford the bankruptcy of a customer.
Costs
The price of a factorisation dealings - as well best-known as the discount - vary based on a number of variables such as the business strength of the consumer
and
the figure being factored. Generally, the discount is a percentage of the invoice's face value that increases with time until the invoice gets paid. Small
businesses, those that have between $20,000 and $300,000 in yearly revenues, can expect to pay a discount rate of just about 2% for every ten (10) days that the
invoice remains unpaid. Businesses with factorable revenues in excess of $300,000 can expect lower discount rates.
Factoring at Work: Business Services and Products, Inc. Case Study
Business Services and Products, Inc. (BSP, Inc.) is a small fictional company, which provides business consulting and instrumentation
to local companies. It has
$300,000 of annual revenues and during the past year BSP Inc. has enjoyed significant sales growth. Tho'
most business owners would-be be really happy to
manage such a company, Jane Sullivan, BSP Inc's president, is really distressed just about her company's business position.
Most of BSP Inc.'s customers are large companies with a nice reputation for always paying their invoices. However they always take between 30 to 45 days to
pay them. BSP Inc., however, necessarily to pay their employees every two weeks and their vendors every four weeks. This discrepancy between the time that
customers pay their bills and the time BSP Inc. necessarily to pay their employees and vendors has created cash flow problems in the past. Furthermore, these cash
flow problems have already caused Jane to delay payroll double
this year and have placed her trade (vendor) credit in danger multiple times. This has as well
caused her to pass on a number of significant business opportunities because she was unsure of the company's business ability to hire and pay for additional
staffers. Unfortunately, BSP Inc. did not have a large enough business cushion in the bank to afford paying employees patch waiting for 45 days new clients
to pay their invoices.
The following table provides an summary
of BSP, Inc's current business position.
Business Services and Products, Inc (without financing)
Yearly sales: $300,000
Lost new sales opportunities: Unknown
Total Sales: $300,000
Variable Price (60% of Sales): $180,000
Fixed Price (Rent, phones, etc): $20,000
Total Costs: $200,000
Profit (Sales - Costs): $100,000
Although the company's prospects appear great, Jane may have to stall her company's growth until she builds a large enough cash cushion at the bank to
finance her company's growth. After careful consideration, Jane definite
that a factorisation line of working capital could help strengthen her company's
financial position. Furthermore, factorisation her invoices would-be alter BSP Inc. to take on new customers and continue growing, knowing that she could
capitalize on her slow paying customers. BSP Inc.'s finance
agreement wish provide the institution with an advance of 70% of her invoiced services. This means
that the institution can get 70% of the face value of the factored invoices inside
24 to 48 hours of submitting them to the factor. The remaining 30% of the
funds, less the factorisation fees, wish be quickly rebated as before long as the consumer
pays their invoice.This line of working capital strong
the company's
financial position and bank account, sanctionative Jane to pay for new employees to service new contracts. Jane as well definite
to use the extra capital to pay her
vendors early, obtaining quick payment discounts and serving to reduce the cost of factoring.
BSP Inc. customers pay their invoices inside
30 days of receipt. The discount (factoring fee) for these invoices is 6%. Every time an invoice is paid, the
factor rebates BSP Inc. the remaining 30% that was not advanced less the factorisation fee. This means that once the dealings is completed, the factor rebates
24% (30% - 6%) to BSP Inc. Thanks to the factorisation line of working capital, Jane was as well to secure an additional $120,000 worth of business, conveyance her
annual revenues to $420,000.
The following table shows BSP Inc.'s business position a year after mistreatment factoring.
Business Services and Products (with factoring)
Existing Sales: $300,000
New Sales: $120,000 (factored)
Total Sales: $420,000
Variable Price (60% of Sales): $252,000
Fixed Price (Rent, phones, etc.): $20,000
Cost of Factorisation (6% of $120,000): $7,200
Total Costs: $279,200
Net Profit (Sales - Costs): $140,800
As can be seen from the above table, factorisation helped BSP Inc. increase profits considerably
from $100,000 to $140,800 - a 40% increase. It placed BSP Inc.
on a much stable business footing, priming it for growth. Furthermore, the cost impact of factorisation on the bottom line was minimal, as it was easily
absorbed by the additional business, showing that factorisation was paid for directly by the growth.
Just just about the author:
Just just about Commercial Capital, LLC and Marco Terry
Commercial Capital, LLC is a leading commercial finance institution that specializes in providing working capital through factorisation to small businesses. For much information or a free consultation, please visit our web sites at http://www.ccapital.net or http://factoring.qlfs.com or call us at (786) 206 4722.
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