College Accounting (Book Only): A Career Approach
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Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 6, Problem 3A
You work as a cashier for a service business. Some days you are short of cash at the end of the day, and some days you have more cash than the cash register tape says was earned. You are embarrassed when your cash is short and don’t want the owner to know, so you use your own money to make up the difference. On days when you are over, you keep the difference to help pay back what you paid to cover your shortages. What do you think of this practice? Explain.
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You work as a cashier in a service business. Some days you are short of cash at the end of the day, and some days you have more cash than the cash register tape says was earned. You’re embarrassed when your cash is short and don't want the owner to know, so you use your own money to make up the difference. On days when you’re over, you keep the difference to help recoup what you paid to cover your shortages. What do you think of this practice and why?
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College Accounting (Book Only): A Career Approach
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