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AAT UNIT 1 | Chapter One > Business Documents For A Credit Transactiom > Flashcards

Business Documents For A Credit Transactiom Flashcards

1
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What should a quote have in the top left corner?

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Name, address and contact details of a business quoting price

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How should a quote be finished?

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With an authorised signature

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Why should a quote include regarding the goods?

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Details of the goods as well as price being quoted

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4
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What is the quote important?

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Because this is the price at which your organisation is now contracted to sell the goods.

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5
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Do quotes have to be authorised by an appropriate person in the organisation?

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Yes

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6
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What is a discount?

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A discount is a reduction in the price of the sales of goods or services

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What are the different types of discounts?

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Trade discount, bulk discount, prompt payment discount

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8
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What is the intention of a trade discount?

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Encouraging and rewarding customer loyalty

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9
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How will trade discount appear on an invoice?

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It will be deducted from the list price of goods before VAT is calculated.

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Who gives a bulk discount?

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It is given by the supplier for sales orders above a certain quantity

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How must a bulk discount be checked?

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To ensure the correct amount has been deducted

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12
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What is prompt payment discount also known as?

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Settlement or cash discounts

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13
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Why are prompt payments offered?

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To encourage early payment of invoice

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14
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Where are the details of a pro opt payment discount usually shown?

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At the bottom of an invoice

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15
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What is a purchase order?

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A buyer generated document that authorises a purchase transaction

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How can an order be made?

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Via a website, telephone, email or in writing.

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17
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What can you check in a purchase order?

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Does the price match the quote
Are delivery terms acceptable
Are any discounts applicable

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18
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What is at the top of a purchase order?

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Name and address of business placing the order

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19
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What is important to be included on a purchase order?

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An order date, sequential order number, VAT registration number of the business placing the order

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20
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What is a sales order?

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A seller generated document that authorises a sale to a customer issued after the receipt of a purchase order

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21
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What does a sales order confirm?

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The terms on which goods will be sold including:
Quantity/types of goods or service
Date of supply and delivery address
Price and payment terms including any discounts given or offered

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22
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What happens when negotiations over the price and terms of the credit sale have been completed?

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The goods will be delivered

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23
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What is a delivery note?

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A document accompanying foods despatched to a customer explaining what the delivery contains.

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24
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How many parts to a delivery note?

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3

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25
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What is a goods received note?

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This is an internal document completed by the purchaser that records the details of good ps received and contains similar information to a delivery note

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26
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What is the goods received note often compared to?

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The purchase order as part of a pay,ent authorisation process

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27
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A goods received note contains:

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Supplier name
Quantity / type of goods or service
The associated purchase order reference and delivery note number
The name and reference of the carrier for delivery

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28
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What is the definition of a sales invoice?

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A document that itemises a transaction between a buyer and a seller. It is a request for the buyer to make payment for goods sold or services provided by seller

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29
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When the goods have been delivered, what happens?

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The seller must prepare and send out the sales invoice

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30
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How would a sales invoice be prepared in a manual system?

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Details shown on a delivery note. Price, discounts, and VAT are shown on the sales invoice, with a VAT number if applicable

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31
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Do sales orders have preprinted sequential numbers?

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Yes

32
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How is the sales order produced in a computriser system?

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It would normally be produced at the same time as the delivery note and will be identical, except the delivery note will not have details of price and will usually be a different colour

33
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Where are unit prices for goods or services kept?

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In master files, which must be updated regularly

34
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Do prices on quotes include VAT?

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Normally, no

35
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What is the definition of VAT?

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A consumption tax added to the products selling price.

36
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What is VAT charged on?

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The taxable supply of goods and services in the UK by a taxable person in the course of a business carried on by that person

37
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What is output tax?

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The tax charged on the sale of goods and services

38
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What is input tax?

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The tax paid on the purchase of goods and services

39
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What is taxable supply?

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The supply of all items except those which are exempt

40
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Explains of exempt items?

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Certain land and buildings
Insurance
Post office charges
Betting, gaming

41
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Can income tax be reclaimed where the traders supplies are all exempt?

A

No

42
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How many rates of VAT on taxable supplies are there?

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Three

43
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Define zero rated tax

A

Similar to exempt, except that input tax can be reclaimed

44
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What is the special rate for domestic fuel and power?

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5%

45
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Example of zero rated items?

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Water, and most types of food (not cafe/restaurant or hot food as a service is also provided.
Books and newspaper
Drugs and medicines
Children’s clothing and footwear

46
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What is non-deductible tax?

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Vat on purchases of these items can never be deducted, the business has to bear the VAT as an expense.

47
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Example of non-deductible items?

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Motor cars, business entertaining

48
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What is a taxable person?

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Any individual, partnership, company etc, who intends to make taxable supplies and is liable to register.

49
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When is a person liable to register?

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If the value of taxable supplies exceeds a specified amount in 12 month period

50
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Define NET

A

A net amount excluded VAT

51
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How to work VAT from the NET amount?

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Add 20% … NET X 20 = ? X 100

52
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Define gross amount

A

A gross amount includes VAT

53
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How to work out VAT from the gross amount?

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Divide the gross amount by 6

54
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When is VAT calculated?

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After trae
De and bulk discounts have been deducted from the original list price

55
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What happens to the VAT amount when a customer takes advantage of the prompt payment discount?

A

The VAT amount is adjusted

56
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What do you need to prepare an invoice?

A

The customer master file, showing any discount given or offered to the customer

57
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Define purchase order

A

An invoice is a document that itemises a transaction between a buyer and a seller

58
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What happens when a customer receives their purchase invoice from the seller?

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A number of checks need to be made before it can be passed for payment

59
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What must the purchase invoice received be agreed to?

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The purchase order, the delivery note, and goods received note

60
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It is important to check the description and the quantity of the goods per invoice against…?

A

The purchase order and delivery note

61
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What calculations on an invoice should be checked?

A

All pricing calculations, trade discount, vat calculations, total additional of the invoice

62
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What are four common terms and conditions shown on invoices?

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E&OE
Carriage paid
Ex works
Cash on delivery

63
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What does E&OE mean on an invoice?

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Errors and omissions excepted… selling is claiming to right to correct errors on the invoice at a later date.

64
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What does carriage paid on invoice mean?

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The invoice value includes delivery of the goods to the customers premises

65
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What does ex works on an invoice mean?

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Prices quoted do not include delivery

66
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What does cash on delivery mean on an invoice

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The customer is expected to pay for the goods when they are delivered

67
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Define credit note

A

Document issued by. A supplier to a customer cancelling part or all of the sales invoices

68
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When would a business issue a credit note?

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When a customer returns faulty or damaged goods
Make a refund for short deliveries
Settle a dispute
Adjust an account after taking advantage of a prompt payment

69
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Why is a credit note issued?

A

Document evidence that goods have been returned and that or or some of the previous invoice has been cancelled.

70
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What is the return of goods often accompanied by?

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A goods returned note

71
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Define goods returned note?

A

Document sent to the supplier by the customer detailing the goods returned and reasons for the return being made

72
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What are the content of the goods returned note similar to?

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A goods received note, but with the added detail on why the return is being madr

73
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What happens when the supplier receives returned goods?

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They must be inspected, counter and recorded on receipt.

74
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Who should authorise a credit note?

A

A supervisor

75
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When doesn’t a credit note need an inwards note?

A

An error may have been made in pricing on an invoice but the customer is satisfied with the goods and does not want them returned

76
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What detail does a credit note include?

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All the details that would normally appear on a sales invoice

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