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Contents of business documentation 9 / 9

Types of business documentation
Types of business documentation

Documents used to record business transactions include the following...

Types of business documentation
Types of business documentation

Documents used to record business transactions include the following...

Quotation:
Quotation:

a business makes a written offer to a customer to produce or deliver goods or services for a certain amount of money

Quotation:
Quotation:

a business makes a written offer to a customer to produce or deliver goods or services for a certain amount of money

Sales Order:
Sales Order:

a customer writes out or signs an order for goods or services he requires

Sales Order:
Sales Order:

a customer writes out or signs an order for goods or services he requires

Purchase Order:
Purchase Order:

a business orders from another business goods or services

Purchase Order:
Purchase Order:

a business orders from another business goods or services

Goods received note:
Goods received note:

a list of goods that a business has received from a supplier

Goods received note:
Goods received note:

a list of goods that a business has received from a supplier

Goods despatched note:
Goods despatched note:

a list of goods that a business has sent out to a customer

Goods despatched note:
Goods despatched note:

a list of goods that a business has sent out to a customer

Invoice:
Invoice:

An invoice relates to a sales order or a purchase order. When a business sells goods or services on credit to a customer, it sends out an invoice.  When a business buys goods or services on credit, it receives an invoice from the supplier.

Invoice:
Invoice:

An invoice relates to a sales order or a purchase order. When a business sells goods or services on credit to a customer, it sends out an invoice.  When a business buys goods or services on credit, it receives an invoice from the supplier.

Statement:
Statement:

A document sent by a supplier to a customer listing all invoices, credit notes and payments done by the customer

Statement:
Statement:

A document sent by a supplier to a customer listing all invoices, credit notes and payments done by the customer

Credit note:
Credit note:

a document sent by a supplier to a customer in respect of goods returned or overpayments made by the customer

Credit note:
Credit note:

a document sent by a supplier to a customer in respect of goods returned or overpayments made by the customer

Debit note:
Debit note:

a document sent by a customer to a supplier in respect of goods returned or an overpayment made. It is a formal request for the supplier to issue a credit note

Debit note:
Debit note:

a document sent by a customer to a supplier in respect of goods returned or an overpayment made. It is a formal request for the supplier to issue a credit note

Remittance advice:
Remittance advice:

a document sent with a payment, detailing which invoice are being paid and which credit notes offset

Remittance advice:
Remittance advice:

a document sent with a payment, detailing which invoice are being paid and which credit notes offset

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