Cougar Mountain Blog http://cougarmtnblog.com The official blog for Cougar Mountain Software - makers of accounting software for businesses since 1982. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Accounting Term of the Day – Nested Tax Codes http://cougarmtnblog.com/http:/cougarmtnblog.com/term-of-the-day/accounting-term-of-the-day-nested-tax-codes/ http://cougarmtnblog.com/http:/cougarmtnblog.com/term-of-the-day/accounting-term-of-the-day-nested-tax-codes/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:12 +0000 angie http://cougarmtnblog.com/?p=991 Nested Tax Codes  -

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A set of Sales Tax Codes that are set up to charge tax on a sale for more than one taxing agency. The total for all agencies is assessed on the sale, and the amounts for the individual agencies are recorded separately.

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One of the functional applications of Cougar Mountain Software for Windows. Modules available are General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Order Entry, Point of Sale, Inventory, Payroll, Bank Reconciliation, and Data Exchange.

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The individual records found in a master file. General information about the participants or objects of transactions within a module.

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Contact Cougar Mountain Software with any questions about CMS Professional 2010 or Cougar Dtails, A Financial Dashboard at 800.388.3038.

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The files that hold the records containing general information about the participants or objects of transactions within a module. In General Ledger the master file contains the account names, numbers, and balances. In Accounts Receivable the master file contains the customer names, numbers, balances, and other general information. In Inventory the master file contains the inventory item descriptions, stock numbers, and cost and quantity information.

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Method of saving data in a report format to tape or disk in order to submit the report electronically, rather than on paper.

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The different types of transactions that can be documented on a detail line of an invoice.

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