What is the advantage of using the imprest basis in accounting for petty cash?

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A petty cash fund maintained on an imprest basis does not require journal entries at the time of each cash payment from the fund. Time is saved because journal entries are made only when the fund is replenished.
Petty cash funds are usually maintained on an imprest basis, which means that the money disbursed is periodically replenished. No journal entry is made in the accounting records when petty cash funds are disbursed. The effects on the financial statements are recorded only when the petty cash fund is replenished or increased.

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A. production B. promotion C. price D. product E. place

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A) risk relative to other assets B) expected return relative to other assets C) liquidity relative to other assets D) wealth

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A class is a(n)________ for a virtual object

A) abstraction B) template C) collection D) both A & B

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