Financial And Managerial Accounting
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781337902663
Author: WARREN, Carl S.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 4, Problem 4TIF
1. (a)
To determine
Comment on the desirability of computerizing Company MS’s financial reporting system.
1. (b)
To determine
Comment on the elimination of the end-of-period spreadsheet in a computerized accounting system.
1. (c)
To determine
Comment on the computer programmer’s lack of accounting knowledge.
2.
To determine
Explain the reason behind the supplies could not have a credit balance to the programmer.
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Chapter 4 Solutions
Financial And Managerial Accounting
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