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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

12 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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It absolutely is! IrishAfricanAmerican 13 hrs ago #14

Sad, but true. yellow dahlia 13 hrs ago #18

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I don't get how freely... purr-rat beauty 14 hrs ago #7

There are levels of approval that are needed. These establish accounting controls. underpants 12 hrs ago #28

Stop thief! City Lights 14 hrs ago #8

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When I first started reading this, your question came to my mind..I, too, thought this project was stopped Deuxcents 12 hrs ago #29

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