Concord Distributing Company sells small woodworking tools to hardware stores throughout the West. Chuck Barry, the president of the company, is thinking about changing the credit policies offered by the firm to attract customers away from competitors. The current policy calls for a 1/10, net 30 , and the new policy would call for a 3/10, net 50. Currently, 40 percent of Coneord customers are taking the discount, and it is anticipated that this number would go up to 50 percent with the new discount policy. It is further anticipated that annual sales would increase from a level of $200,000 to $250,000 as a result of the change in the cash discount policy. The increased sales would also affect the inventory level carried by Concord as the average number of units in storage would increase from 1,000 units in stock to 1,118 units in order to service the increased sales. Each unit in inventory has an average cost of $6.50. Cost of goods sold is equal to 65 percent of net sales, general and administrative expenses are equal to 10 percent of net sales, and interest payments of 12 percent will be necessary only for the increase in the accounts receivable and inventory balances. Taxes will equal 25 percent of before-tax income. a) Calculate the inventory and accounts receivable balances before and after the change in policy ( 15 marks) b) Quantify the change in operating income change as result of the new policy. (5 marks) c) Quantify the change, if any, between operating income and net income before taxes. Explain why there was or was not a change. ( 5 marks) d) Should the new cash discount policy be utilized? Briefly comment.(2 marks)