You are the payables accountant for a medium sized electrical contracting company. You are paying bills with purchase discounts but can't take advantage of them because the cash balance in the checking account is low. You approached your boss with a suggestion that the company borrow money at the bank so you can pay the bills in time to take the discounts. Your boss thinks you are a little crazy to recommend borrowing from the bank (currently charging 6% interest) to take advantage of 1-2% discounts.

Write him a memorandum laying out your suggestion and justifying your suggested course of action.

Use actual numbers in your memo. For example, if you need to borrow money to pay a $10,000 bill that offers terms of 2/10, n/30 and the loan's interest rate is 6%.