LooseLeaf for Advanced Accounting (Irwin Accounting) - Standalone book
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Author: Joe Ben Hoyle, Thomas Schaefer, Timothy Doupnik
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 28P
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To determine
Record the journal entries for the year 2017.
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