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    Jul 19, 2010, 08:20 AM
    Why would a business want to keep a separate account for recording sales of service f
    I am trying to explain why a company would want to have a separate account for recording sales of service and the sales of goods. Or is it better to have them as one account?
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    Jul 23, 2010, 07:37 AM

    Because the transactions will be for 2 different things. One for sale of merchandise and the other for service.
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