Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 04 (of 10)American School of Correspondence
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Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 04 (of 10)
American School of Correspondence
Accounting; Business; Commerce
Accounts 66 to 68, inclusive, and 69 to 71, inclusive, are handled
exactly the same manner, in relation to the collar and saddlery
departments.
72. _Interest Credits._ Credited with all interest collected on past
due accounts, or received on outside investments.
73. _Cash Discount Credits._ Credited with all discounts earned by the
prepayment of bills.
74. _Rent Credits._ Credited with all amounts received from rentals
of property owned by the company, or as a result of subletting leased
property.
75. _Insurance and Taxes._ Charged with all sums paid for fire,
liability or other insurance, state and municipal taxes, and license
fees.
76. _Salaries--Officers._ Charged with the salaries of all
administrative officers, and directors' fees.
77. _Salaries--Bookkeeper and Clerks._ Charged with amounts of salaries
of all bookkeepers, stenographers, and other office clerks.
78. _Printing and Stationery._ Charged with the cost of all stationery
and printed matter used in the offices.
79. _Legal Expense._ Charged with attorney's fees and all expense of
litigation.
80. _Postage, Telegraph and Telephone._ Charged with all sums paid for
postage, and telegraph and telephone service.
81. _Office Expenses._ Charged with sundry items of office expense, not
provided for in other accounts.
82. _Traveling Expense--Officers._ Charged with all legitimate
traveling expenses incurred by officers in the interest of the company.
83. _Misc. General Expenses._ Charged with all expense items not
otherwise accounted for.
Accounts 72 to 83, inclusive, are closed into an administration account.
84. _Advertising._ Charged with all sums paid for advertising,
including periodical advertising, catalogs, circulars, and novelties.
85. _Salaries--Salesmen._ Charged with the salaries of all traveling
salesmen.
86. _Commissions._ Charged with all commissions paid to brokers or
salesmen.
87. _Traveling Expenses--Salesmen._ Charged with all legitimate
expenses of salesmen, incurred in the interest of the company.
88. _Trade Show Expense._ Charged with all expenses incurred on
account of exhibitions at trade shows. Sometimes treated as a part of
advertising expense.
89. _Out-Freight and Express._ Charged with all freight and express
paid on goods sold at delivered prices.
Accounts 84 to 89, inclusive, are closed into a sales expense account.
90. _Collection Fees._ Charged with all fees paid to banks, attorneys
or others, for the collection of accounts.
91. _Cash Discounts Allowed._ Charged with all allowances to customers,
for prompt payment of bills.
Accounts 90 and 91 are closed into a collecting account.
92. _Wages._ Charged with the wages of drivers and barn men.
93. _Maintenance.--Horses and Wagons._ Charged with cost of feed,
stable supplies, repairs to harness and wagons, blacksmithing and
horse-shoeing.
94. _Maintenance--Motor Trucks._ Charged with all expense of up-keep
and repairs to delivery trucks.
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