Beasley Enterprises has an agreement with Downtown Bank whereby the bank handles $1.02 million in collections a day and requires a $750,000 compensating balance. Beasley is contemplating cancelling the agreement and dividing its eastern region so that two other banks would handle its business. Banks A and B would each handle $.51 million of collections per day and each requires a compensating balance of $400,000. Collections should be accelerated by one day if the eastern region is divided. The T-bill rate is 2.97 percent annually. What is the amount of the annual net savings if this plan is adopted?

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The annual net savings can be calculated by comparing the opportunity cost of the compensating balances under both scenarios and considering the benefit from accelerating collections by one day. With the current agreement, the opportunity cost of the compensating balance is $750,000 * 2.97% = $22,275 annually.With the proposed plan, the total compensating balance required is $400,000 * 2 = $800,000, with an opportunity cost of $800,000 * 2.97% = $23,760 annually.The benefit from accelerating collections by one day is $1.02 million * 2.97% / 365 = $82,569 annually.The annual net savings = $82,569 - ($23,760 - $22,275) = $82,569 - $1,485 = $81,084.However, since the correct answer is not directly listed, we need to reevaluate our calculation or assumptions. The mistake lies in the calculation of the benefit from accelerating collections. The correct calculation for the benefit should consider the total collections accelerated by one day, not the annual rate directly. Correcting the approach:1. The daily interest rate = 2.97% / 365 = 0.0081369863%2. Daily benefit from accelerating collections = $1.02 million * 0.0081369863% = $82.99863. Annual benefit = $82.9986 * 365 = $30,294.39The net savings calculation should then consider the difference in opportunity costs and the benefit from acceleration:Opportunity cost difference = $23,760 - $22,275 = $1,485Annual net savings = $30,294.39 - $1,485 = $28,809.39Therefore, the correct answer is the one closest to this recalculated annual net savings, which is $28,809.

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