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Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA

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1.
The general ledger account Accounts Payable is a current __________ liability account.
2.
A __________ balance is typical for Accounts Payable.

debit

Wrong.

credit

Right!
3.
The balance in Accounts Payable is decreased with a __________ entry.

debit

Right!

credit

Wrong.
4.
An account payable on the books of the buyer should be an account __________ receivable on the books of the seller.
5.
Accounts payable are also known as __________ trade payables.
6.
PO is the abbreviation for __________ purchase order __________ purchase order.
7.
Suppliers are also referred to as __________.

vendors

Right!

debtors

Wrong.
8.
A form or record sometimes used to assemble the documentation and approvals necessary for paying a vendor's invoice is a __________ voucher.

The three-way match involves the following:

9.
the company's __________ purchase order,
10.
the vendor's __________ invoice, and
11.
the company's __________ receiving report or ticket.
12.
A $1,000 invoice from a supplier has terms of 2/10, n/30. The amount that should be remitted to the supplier if the amount is paid within the discount period is $__________ $980
[$1,000 - (0.02 x $1,000)].
13.
A $2,000 invoice from a supplier for goods has terms of 1/10, n/30. If $100 of the goods were returned to the seller, the amount to be remitted within the discount period is $__________ $1,881
[$1,900 - (0.01 x $1,900)].
14.
A discount of 2% for paying within 10 days instead of 30 days amounts to an annual percentage rate closest to __________.

2%

Wrong.

24%

Wrong.

36%

Right!
[(20 days early and 2%) both x 18 = 360 days and 36%]

72%

Wrong.
15.
The Internal Revenue Service form to be issued for amounts paid to independent contractors (that are not corporations) for services provided is __________.

Form 1099-NEC

Right!

Form W-2

Wrong.

Form W-3

Wrong.
16.
The Internal Revenue Service form used to request a taxpayer identification number from a vendor is __________.

Form 1096

Wrong.

Form W-3

Wrong.

Form W-9

Right!
17.
Under the accrual method of accounting, the expenses that have been incurred but not yet entered as accounts payable should be part of an accrual-type __________ adjusting entry.
18.
The amounts accrued at the end of the current accounting period often become the amounts in the __________ reversing entry in the subsequent accounting period.
19.
Paying the insurance premium on December 20 for the six-month period beginning 12 days later should result in a debit balance in the asset account __________ Prepaid Insurance.
20.
The segregation or separation of duties and the safeguarding of checks are two examples of an important topic known as __________ internal controls.
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