Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259864230
Author: PHILLIPS, Fred, Libby, Robert, Patricia A.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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A local phone company had a customer who rang up $300 in charges during September 2018 but did not pay. Despite reminding the customer of this balance, the company was unable to collect in October, November, or December. In March 2019, the company finally gave up and wrote off the account balance. What amount of Sales,
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