What is the nature of (a) a credit memorandum issued by the seller of merchandise and (b) a debit memorandum issued by the buyer of merchandise?

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What is the nature of (a) a credit memorandum issued by the seller of merchandise and (b) a debit memorandum issued by the buyer of merchandise?

Who bears the freight when the terms of sale are (a) FOB shipping point or (b) FOB destination?

Office Outfitters Inc., which uses a perpetual inventory system, experienced an inventory shrinkage of $3,750. What accounts would be increased and decreased to record the adjustment for the inventory shrinkage at the end of the accounting period?  

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Office Outfitters Inc., which uses a perpetual inventory system, experienced an inventory shrinkage of $3,750. What accounts would be increased and decreased to record the adjustment for the inventory shrinkage at the end of the accounting period?   

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