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A manufacturing company has a current ratio of 3:1. What can be said about the acid-test ratio (sometimes referred to as the quick ratio)?

A.   The acid-test ratio will be lower.

B.   The acid-test ratio will be higher.

C.   The acid-test ratio will be the same.

D.   The acid-test ratio could be either higher or lower.

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Question added by mohamed Hakim CMA CPA Candidate , Accounting Manager , Andersen saudi arabia
Date Posted: 2015/09/16
SREEDEVI SUNILKUMAR
by SREEDEVI SUNILKUMAR , Business finance officer , Emirates Airline

A. Acid test ratio will be lower

Lesley Lanag CMA CPA
by Lesley Lanag CMA CPA , Senior Accountant , Takaful Emarat Insurance (P.S.C)

A. The acid-test ratio will be lower.

 

This is because the acid-test ratio's numerator only includes Cash, Marketable Securities and Receivables, unlike in computing for Current Ratio where the numerator includes cash, marketable securities, receivables, Inventory, Prepaid Expenses and other current assets.

Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA
by Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA , Financial Analysis Assistant General Manager , Khalda Petroleum Company

It is A.   The acid-test ratio will be lower.

IMRAN ALI MOHAMMED
by IMRAN ALI MOHAMMED , Accounts Officer , M/s. Euro Glazing Ltd

The Answer is 'A' - Acid Test Ratio will be lower.

As the current ratio is3:1, the company can use the current assets to pay off the current liabilities three times. In other words the current assets are three times the size of the current liabilities.

Acid Test Ratio is arrived at by dividing Quick Current Ratio (Current Assets - Inventory)  by Current Liabilities, as the the Current Ratio is3:1 the probability of Quick ratio being lower is high. 

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by Deleted user

Answer  A  is the right option .

Deleted user
by Deleted user

choose part (a) .it depends on the  circumstances of the acid test rattio .since when we have a high ratio i,e3:1 ,quick ratio or acid test ratio or liquid ratio it is a clarification of the current ratio so the production of this company qill tend to have a week acid test ratio during this period .

حسين محمد ياسين
by حسين محمد ياسين , Finance Manager , مؤسسة عبد الماجد محمد العمر للمقاولات العامة

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Ahmed kandil
by Ahmed kandil , Cost Controller , Battour Holding Cpompany

Answer A is the correct answer because current assets will be lower 

Pradeep Singh.
by Pradeep Singh. , Manager Accounts, Finance & Importation , Amadora Group of Companies

Acid test ratio will be lower as we deduct stock value in the current assets while calculation quick ration thats why current assets will be less in Quick Ratio

Shahbaz Gul
by Shahbaz Gul , Assistant manager Costing , CONFIDENTIAL

The acid-test ratio will be lower.

For calculation of Acid-Test Ratio we only includes cash and cash equivalent in current asset  and no change in current liabilities.

Manash Roy
by Manash Roy , Financial Analyst , Hewlett Packard

It is A.   The acid-test ratio will be lower.

Since we will remove Inventory from numerator the ratio will be reduced 

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