All of the following will likely be incurred by a company that extends credit except:

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Advertising expenses are unrelated to the decision to extend credit to customers.Extending credit helps business customers buy products and services,thereby increasing the seller's revenues.However,there are disadvantages.If credit is extended,the company will have to hire people to evaluate whether each customer is creditworthy,track how much each customer owes,and follow up to collect the receivable from each customer.The advantage of extending credit is that it helps business customers buy products and services,thereby increasing the seller's revenues."Bad debts" that arise when customers do not pay their account balances can be a significant additional cost of extending credit.Even if the company collects in full from customers,it would likely have to wait 30-60 days before receiving the cash.

All of the Following Will Likely Be Incurred by a Company