Public Accounting and Auditing...

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South-western publishing Company, 1920 - Accounting

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Page 76 - Where the instrument is addressed to a drawee he must be named or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty.
Page 78 - But if any such instrument, after completion, is negotiated to a holder in due course, it is valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable time.
Page 126 - The cost of incidental repairs which neither materially add to the value of the property nor appreciably prolong its life...
Page 126 - All the ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year in carrying on any trade or business, including a reasonable allowance for salaries or other compensation for personal services actually rendered...
Page 78 - And a signature on a blank paper delivered by the person making the signature in order that the paper may be converted into a negotiable instrument operates as a prima Jade authority to fill it up as such for any amount.
Page 77 - An instrument which contains an order or promise to do any act in addition to the payment of money is not negotiable. But the negotiable character of an instrument otherwise negotiable is not affected by a provision which: 1. Authorizes the sale of collateral securities in case the instrument is not paid at maturity; or 2.
Page 77 - Does not specify the place where it is drawn or the place where it is payable ; or 4.
Page 90 - A contract to sell goods is a contract whereby the seller agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a consideration called the price.
Page 172 - A bill is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such a manner as to constitute the transferee the holder of the bill. (2) A bill payable to bearer is negotiated by delivery. (3) A bill payable to order is negotiated by the indorsement of the holder completed by delivery.
Page 185 - Debt expense" means all expenses in connection with the issuance and sale of evidences of debt, such as fees for drafting mortgages and trust deeds: fees and taxes for issuing or recording evidences of debt cost of engraving and printing bonds, certificates of indebtedness, and other commercial paper...

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