CENGAGENOWV2 FOR HEINTZ/PARRY'S COLLEGE
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Author: Parry
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Chapter 12, Problem 1TF
LO1 The types of special journals a business uses should depend on the types of transactions it has most frequently.
Expert Solution & Answer
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Identify whether the given statement is true or false.
Answer to Problem 1TF
True
Explanation of Solution
Special journal: It is a book which records some specific kinds of transactions such as cash receipts, cash payments, credit sales, and credit purchases. Special journal is created for any kind of transaction. A business uses special journals depending on the types of transactions that occur most repeatedly. If a specific type of transactions occur often, it is more likely a special journal of that type would be beneficial for the business.
The major advantages of the use of special journals:
- It helps to saving the record-keeping expenses, because it is used to record the single kind of transaction. For example, the business has many transactions in which cash is paid out for that the business will likely to use a special journal for recording cash payments.
- It helps to reduce the record-keeping errors because it records a single kind of transaction which helps to identify the errors.
Hence, the given statement is true.
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CENGAGENOWV2 FOR HEINTZ/PARRY'S COLLEGE
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Ch. 12 - Prob. 1CECh. 12 - LO3 Enter the following transactions in a cash...Ch. 12 - LO4 Enter the following transaction in a purchases...Ch. 12 - Enter the following transactions in a cash...Ch. 12 - Prob. 1RQCh. 12 - List four items of information about each sale...Ch. 12 - Prob. 3RQCh. 12 - Prob. 4RQCh. 12 - Prob. 5RQCh. 12 - Prob. 6RQCh. 12 - Prob. 7RQCh. 12 - Prob. 8RQCh. 12 - Prob. 9RQCh. 12 - Prob. 10RQCh. 12 - Prob. 11RQCh. 12 - What steps are followed in posting from the cash...Ch. 12 - What steps are followed in posting from the cash...Ch. 12 - RECORDING TRANSACTIONS IN THE PROPER JOURNAL...Ch. 12 - Prob. 2SEACh. 12 - JOURNALIZING CASH RECEIPTS Enter the following...Ch. 12 - JOURNALIZING PURCHASES TRANSACTIONS Enter the...Ch. 12 - Prob. 5SEACh. 12 - SALES JOURNAL Futi Ishanyan owns a retail business...Ch. 12 - Prob. 7SPACh. 12 - Prob. 8SPACh. 12 - PURCHASES JOURNAL J. B. Speck, owner of Specks...Ch. 12 - PURCHASES JOURNAL, GENERAL LEDGER, AND ACCOUNTS...Ch. 12 - Prob. 11SPACh. 12 - PURCHASES JOURNAL, CASH PAYMENTS JOURNAL, AND...Ch. 12 - RECORDING TRANSACTIONS IN THE PROPER JOURNAL...Ch. 12 - Prob. 2SEBCh. 12 - Prob. 3SEBCh. 12 - JOURNALIZING PURCHASES TRANSACTIONS Enter the...Ch. 12 - JOURNALIZING CASH PAYMENTS Sandcastles Northwest...Ch. 12 - SALES JOURNAL T. M. Maxwell owns a retail business...Ch. 12 - Prob. 7SPBCh. 12 - SALES JOURNAL, CASH RECEIPTS JOURNAL, AND GENERAL...Ch. 12 - PURCHASES JOURNAL Ann Benton, owner of Bentons...Ch. 12 - PURCHASES JOURNAL, GENERAL LEDGER, AND ACCOUNTS...Ch. 12 - Prob. 11SPBCh. 12 - PURCHASES JOURNAL, CASH PAYMENTS JOURNAL, AND...Ch. 12 - Prob. 1MYWCh. 12 - Judy Baresford, the store manager of Comfort...Ch. 12 - During the month of October 20--, The Pink Petal...Ch. 12 - Screpcap Co. had the following transactions during...
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