Managerial Accounting
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Author: Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Why do companies use sequential prenumbering for documents such as checks, sales invoices, and purchase orders?
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- Is it a credit memo issued by a vendor or a debit memo issued by a purchaser? What's the difference?arrow_forwardExplain how prenumbered shipping documents and sales invoicescan be useful controls for preventing misstatements in salesarrow_forward1. Why should the function of requisitioning the purchase of goods be segregated from the function of issuing purchase orders? 2. Explain how an automated matching process works regarding the payment of accounts payable 3. What control objective is addressed by having prenumbered receiving documentsarrow_forward
- Describe the data flow in the buying process that begins when the purchasing organization sends a check to a vendor to settle an invoice for goods bought.arrow_forwardWhy should purchases to credit customers and cash receipts from credit customers be quickly documented and posted?arrow_forwardAll of the following are examples of sales order entry system controls except? Digital signatures/written signatures Credit Limits Approving invoices before paying Trainingarrow_forward
- Which files are often found in a sales order module as opposed to an account receivable (customer) module, on average? What is the source of this discrepancy?arrow_forwardAll records in a file must be uniquely identifiable in at least one attribute, which is its primary key. Drawing on your general knowledge of accounting, identify the primary key for the following types of accounting records. To illustrate, the first record is done for you.Record Type Primary KeyAccounts Receivable Customer Number Accounts Payable Inventory Customer Sales Orders Purchase Orders to vendors Cash Receipts (checks) from customers Cash Disbursements (checks) to vendors Employee Payroll Earnings recordsarrow_forwardMaster data store Reason(s) for checking Master data store Customer Accounts receivable Inventoryarrow_forward
- Describe the flow of data in the purchasing process that is initiated when the purchasing organization issues a check to a vendor in payment of an invoice for merchandise purchase.arrow_forwardSales ledger control Account is known to have a debit balance. Explain, using numerical example why at certain instances the account has both debit and credit balance brought down? Construct a Purchase Ledger Control Account, using your own numerical example, with five items? Briefly discuss the role of the control accounts in the identification of missing figures in the financial statements of organizations ?arrow_forwardDrawing from your basic accounting knowledge, list the relevant data attributes that constitute the record types below. Identify which attribute is the primary key for the record. Accounts Payable record Inventory record Customer Sales Orders record Purchase Orders to vendors Cash Receipts (checks) from customers Employee Payroll Earnings recordsarrow_forward
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