Items such as sales tickets, bank statements, checks, and purchase orders are examples of a business’s source documents.

Sparta Company had sales of $135,000, sales discounts of $2,000, and sales returns of $3,200. Sparta Company’s net sales equals:

Sing Sing Company reported Cost of goods sold of $835,000 and ending Inventory of $41,750. The Days’ sales in inventory (rounded to whole days) is:

An advantage of common-size statements is that they reflect the dollar magnitude (size) of the different companies under analysis.

The purpose of reversing entries is to:

A contra account is an account linked with another account; it is added to that account to show the proper amount for the item recorded in the associated account.

Delray, Inc. is preparing the company’s statement of cash flows for the fiscal year just ended. Using the following information, determine the amount of cash flows from investing activities:        Net income $ 182,000 Gain on the sale of equipment   12,300 Proceeds from the sale of equipment   92,300 Depreciation expense—equipment   50,000 Payment of bonds at maturity   100,000 Purchase of land   200,000 Issuance of common stock   300,000 Increase in merchandise inventory   35,400 Decrease in accounts receivable   28,800 Increase in accounts payable   23,700 Payment of cash dividends   32,000

How long a company holds inventory before selling it can be measured by dividing cost of goods sold by the average inventory balance to determine the:

If a company provides services to a customer on credit, the company providing the service should credit Accounts Receivable.

Stockholder investments are increases in equity from a company’s earnings activities.