Accounts Payable (Practice Quiz)

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The general ledger account Accounts Payable is a current __________ liability account. A __________ balance is typical for Accounts Payable. The balance in Accounts Payable is decreased with a __________ entry.

An account payable on the books of the buyer should be an account __________ receivable on the books of the seller.

Accounts payable are also known as __________ trade payables. PO is the abbreviation for __________ purchase order __________ purchase order . Suppliers are also referred to as __________.

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:

the company's __________ purchase order, the vendor's __________ invoice , and the company's __________ receiving report or ticket.

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)] .

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)] .

A discount of 2% for paying within 10 days instead of 30 days amounts to an annual percentage rate closest to __________.

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

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

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

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.

The amounts accrued at the end of the current accounting period often become the amounts in the __________ reversing entry in the subsequent accounting period.

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.

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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