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underpants

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28. There are levels of approval that are needed. These establish accounting controls.

Reply to purr-rat beauty (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:08 PM

19 hrs ago

If someone says no they NOW they would probably be fired and pressure would be put on someone else to sign off on it. This is probably done with a journal entry.

Debut one fund/revenue account (decrease)
Credit another fund/revenue account (increase)

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There are levels of approval that are needed. These establish accounting controls. underpants 19 hrs ago #28

Stop thief! City Lights 21 hrs ago #8

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