Managerial Accounting
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780077826482
Author: Stacey M Whitecotton Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 10ME
To determine
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An organization can be manufacturing, servicing of merchandising type. For a manufacturing business the activities are manufacturing, payment to the supplier, sales, and receipts from the customer. For a merchandiser, the main business activities are the purchase, payment to the supplier, sales, and receipts from the customer. For a servicing business, the main business activities are the purchase, payment to the supplier, services, and receipts from the customer.
To indicate:
The type of business for each of the given company
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Managerial Accounting
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