(Calculating accounts payable turnover, LO 2) You have been provided with the following information from the balance sheets and income statements of Batchawana Inc. (Batchawana). Accounts Payable and Inventory are from the bal- ance sheet as of December 31 of the stated year, and Cost of Sales is for the stated year ended December 31. Assume that all purchases of inventory are made on credit, and cost of sales includes only the cost of inventory sold:

Required:

a. Calculate the accounts payable turnover ratio for 2003, 2004, and 2005.

b. Calculate the average payment period for accounts payable for 2003, 2004, 2005.

c. What circumstances could explain a declining accounts payable turnover ratio (or increasing average payment period for accounts payable)?

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2005 2004 2003 2002 Accounts payable $1,254,600 $1,066,410 $ 959,769 $ 767,815 Inventory 1,630,980 1,578,287 Cost of sales 5,056,038 5,208,346 1,449,251 4,811,514 1,136,366 3,613,645