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I had a fraudulent charge on my Visa debit card from "Internet Mall" for 12.76. The charge sat in "pending" on my bank account for 4 days, then dropped off. It caused me to incur over 0 in overdraft fees and since it never posted, my bank claims there is no way to file a fraud claim even though I contacted them less than 2 hours after it hit my account — and every day since then). I am currently arguing with them to get the over draft fees refunded. Also, there was nothing attached to the charge — no merchant number, no contact number, no transaction number .. nothing!

Has anyone else had this happen to them? I did find one other person on Yahoo! Answers, but wondered if there was anyone else. I have searched the internet over and over and cannot find anything on this.

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So, I’m 18 and very confused with this whole credit card "business". All I want is a simple credit card that I can use that when use it, it will extract the exact amount out of my account and pay the merchant in full with out letting me go over the set money in my account. THAT’S IT. No monthly payments, no credit points, just cut and dry card. I’m getting this so I don’t have to carry around cash and if im every mugged I can cancel the card before anything is spent. So what do I get? A visa? A master card?

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A customer purchased a ,000 item at ApplianceWorld, paying with a credit card (VISA). The merchant is charged a 2% fee by the credit card company. When recording this sale, the merchant would:
A) debit accounts receivable for ,000.
B) credit sales revenue for ,000.
C) credit sales revenue for ,800.
D) credit unearned sales revenue for ,000.
E) None of the above is correct.
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The primary objective of financial accounting is to
A) provide information about a business to internal parties.
B) provide information about a business’ future business strategies.
C) provide useful economic information about a business to help external parties make sound financial decisions.
D) provide predictions of future stock price.
E) none of the above is the primary objective of financial accounting.

When credit terms for a sale are 2/15, n/40, the customer saves by paying the bill early. Approximately what percent would this savings amount to on an annual basis?
A) 18%.
B) 20%.
C) 30%.
D) 37%.
E) None of the above is correct.
18.
A post closing trial balance would include account balances for only the
A) assets and liabilities.
B) revenues and expenses.
C) assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity.
D) assets, liabilities, stockholders’ equity, revenues, expenses, and dividends.
E) None of the above is correct.

19.
Which of the following activities violates the revenue recognition principle?
A) Recording revenue in December 2006 for units manufactured but not yet sold to customers
B) Recording cash received in advance from customers as revenue when the product is not yet shipped
C) Not recording interest earned in 2006 until the cash is received in 2007
D) None of the above violates the revenue recognition principle
E) All of the above violates the revenue recognition principle

Marion Company had these transactions during the first month of the new accounting period.

Sold merchandise for ,000 on credit; its cost was ,000 and it was purchased and paid for last year.
Collected ,000 from an account receivable. The account was established in the previous year.
Used office supplies of ,500 purchased and paid for in the prior year.
Reference: 03_02

Marion’s net income for the new period would be
A) ,500
B) ,000
C) ,000
D) ,500
E) None of the above is correct
21.
When the price earnings (P/E) ratio for a company decreases from 2006 to 2007, it means the company’s investors
A) believe the future earnings will exceed the current earnings level.
B) believe the future earnings will be lower than the current earnings level.
C) are confident about the company’s future operating effectiveness.
D) are not confident about the company’s future operating effectiveness.
E) both B and D are true.

On January 1, 2007, Denmark Inc., started the year with a 0,000 credit balance in its retained earnings account. During 2007, the company earned net income of ,000 and declared and paid dividends of ,000. Also, the company received cash of ,000 as an additional investment by its owners. Therefore, the balance in retained earnings on December 31, 2007, would be
A) 0,000.
B) 0,000.
C) 5,000.
D) 0,000.
E) None of the above is correct.

23.
Financial accounting
A) provides information primarily for external decision makers.
B) is required for corporations but probably would not be done by other business entities.
C) provides information primarily for the use of managers of the company.
D) has been practiced in this country for approximately the last 15 years.

The purchase of supplies for cash would
A) Not change total assets.
B) Increase total assets.
C) Increase liabilities.
D) Decrease liabilities.
E) None of the above is correct
Bad debt expense should
A) appear on the balance sheet as a contra-asset.
B) appear on the income statement as part of selling expenses.
C) appear on the income statement as a contra- revenue.
D) not appear in the financial statements.
E) None of the above is correct.

26.
Which of the following is/are criteria for recording a sale?
A) Title and risks of ownership have been exchanged.
B) The company is reasonably assured of collecting the receivable.
C) The sales price has been fixed.
D) Both A and B are correct.
E) All of the above are correct
27.
Which of the following statements is true?
A) Deckers Outdoor sells primarily to other businesses on a credit basis.
B) Deckers Outdoor would record revenue when cash collection is made from their customers.
C) Deckers Outdoor records sales upon shipment of product to their customers.
D) Both A and C are true.
E) All of the above are true

28.
An income statement reports
A) revenues, expenses, assets, and liabilities during an accounting period.
B) resources, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity of a business at a point in time.
C) net income of a

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I want to make an online purchase, the merchant only accepts Visa or Mastercard. I have a savings/checking account, Discover card and a paypal account with a positive balance. Is there a way to purchase a prepaid Visa or Mastercard credit card online so that I can make the online purchase?
Travelman the merchant not only doesn’t take paypal but doesn’t even take discover card which is my backup card on paypal. Also, I already filled out the form to get the Paypal debit card but it said it takes 4 weeks to arrive in the mail and in the meantime they don’t give you the card number like green dot does until the card arrives so I need something faster for immediate use.

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I was balancing my checking account where I very frequently use my Visa check card (and have for a very long time). I noticed a "swipe" for an amount that I was not familiar with, but at a walk up deli that I do remember going to. Now, I am aware that when you buy something, that you can write in your tip, and when Visa gets the signed slip they add the tip AFTER THE FACT. But in this case, the slip I signed was for the purchase amount, but my activity statement showed that the "initial/purchase" swipe at that amount PLUS a 20% tip. As I tip with cash and lined out the tip portion in my slip, when it was finalized and posted it only posted for the initial/purchase amount. But, how can a merchant get a slip for 1 amount, and "swipe" for another at point of service? Also, since they did "add" the tip, if I had not lined out that portion, would the Visa processing center leave the higher amount the one to post even when getting the slip I signed if the tip portion is blank? How does THAT work?
Please let me be clear, I am not having a problem with my credit, nor do I need links on how to get or clean up my credit. This question is on how the MERCHANT can do/get away with what they are doing…. Thanks.
Again….please, I do not want solicitation for other websites that can "search" for my answer. I am using Yahoo Answers for this purpose. If those websites are so great for my question, you can go get the answer and let me know what it is. Thanks.

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Is there a way in our PayPal account to be able to see if someone has paid us with a Visa, or Mastercard, or PayPal account? We receive notices of payments, but we don’t know if the customer specifically paid with a credit card or PayPal. Just want to know if PayPal is prevalent….thanks!
Thanks to the answer I received, but I wanted to know how I could find out if it was through a credit card or a cheque as compared to just PayPal….the question is mostly ‘how’ can I tell, not ‘if’ I can tell. Where in our PayPal merchant account will I be able to find that information. Thank you, though!

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CHINA
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Head of state: Hu Jintao
Head of government: Wen Jiabao
Death penalty: retentionist
International Criminal Court: not ratified

An increased number of lawyers and journalists were harassed, detained, and jailed. Thousands of people who pursued their faith outside officially sanctioned churches were subjected to harassment and many to detention and imprisonment. Thousands of people were sentenced to death or executed. Migrants from rural areas were deprived of basic rights. Severe repression of Uighurs in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region continued, and freedom of expression and religion continued to be severely restricted in Tibet and among Tibetans elsewhere.

International community
Before China’s election to the new UN Human Rights Council, it made a number of human rights-related pledges, including ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and active co-operation with the UN on human rights.
http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Asia-Pacific/China

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Visa mobile is a new service just for chase Visa Credit and Debit card holders. Visa is currently testing this on T-mobiles Googe smartphone. You can view your Visa card balance all the time on the phone. You also get offers dlelivered to your phone from several merchants.

I would not be interested in a service like this. Its too big brotherish for me. If you loose your phone someone can pick up your cell phone cand get all of your account information.

Would people really be interested in a service like this?

Here is an article introducing the service.

http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/1015545.html

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When I took accounting, we learned that credit card companies don’t reimburse merchants for the entire purchase price. Instead, they short the merchant a small cut that they keep for processing the transaction. In my classes, we used 2% for all cards.

But that was many years ago and in academia. In the real world right now, what is the merchant discount for the various credit cards (Visa, Master Card, AMEX, Discover)?

Thanks!

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One answer I got was OK the going to the media center to look up grants but I thought grants applied to services for the govt and or research? someone said in one answer 1,500 was too high to start a errand service? it’s 45 to get a city Lisc. and proper car insurance etc, it’s about 1,500 bucks . one said get a pizza job or waiter job HELLO ? sorry but I’ve already looked in those areas I’m either too old or whatever? they already hired college students for waiting jobs as we approach summer soon and pizzerias um GAS costs? whereas in the errand services I can build in costs that include covering for the fuel,of course now that I think of it ,this will probably take ALL of the 1,500 as I have to set up a merchant account for easy transactions. any more ideas on how to raise capital as in getting the dough to start the business? 1,500 isn’t alot of money, paying it back by mid summer or sooner! will be achieved my business will take off real quick I’ve looked into this Biz .

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- I am planning to sell an online resume writing service and would like to accept payments online, how should I open a merchant account to accept online payments including paypal.
- how can I make the service most convenient?
- what’s the best web hosting service and why? any rating? I like mocahost.com but I am still not sure.

Thanks!

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How much it would cost for average website with merchant payment setup and PayPal setup.
The site will need flash, and several videos and about 20 pages. About half of them will probably be static pages. I would like 3 price quotes from three different companies. (*Names of competitors and their websites are at the bottom of this page for examples).
- How much will the hosting for the site cost and what else is entailed. The company will need fast servers for all of the live videos being streamed. Please get 3 quotes from 3 companies at different usage amounts.
- Need quotes from 3 companies for simple accounting for this business. (balance sheet, monthly cash flow analysis, monthly sales numbers)
- Need quotes from 3 companies for virtual storage to hold the clients videos.
- What other costs are involved in this type of business?
- What will be an approximate total monthly expenses for this business? Please list them out.
- How many sales will it take to make ,000 monthly in net profit after expenses? (approximate numbers)

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I made a purchase at a restaurant two weeks ago. While checking my statement online yesterday, I was horrified to discover that they’d been debiting my VISA check card account every single day since for the same amount. When I called, the manager told me it was a central processing problem with the parent company’s new program, something they were trying to fix. She gave me a number to call, but also told me the woman responsible for corrections is not even going to be in the office today! I am livid! I was initially alerted to the problem when I saw a refund from the restaurant on my statement, and I investigated. So, obviously, the company is already aware that my account has an issue. Problem is that the refund was not for the total amount they’ve overcharged me! The other problem is that this missing money mess has now created other problems for me. Do I have any recourse? If I’d written a bad check, they would’ve charged me a fee for sure! Can I legally charge THEM a fee???
Just to clarify, this was a debit card, not a credit card, so they literally have my money!

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Ok, I plan to have customers pay me through Paypal (I know). Since I’m drop shipping I need to have the funds from the buyers available in my bank account to be charge by my vendors in which of course I would hold the difference. But the problem is that it could take up to 3 business days for the transfer to take place in which would add time on to when my customer would receive their product.
Should I
A: Keep a certain amount in my Bank account to be charged automatically but refunded later by funds in paypal..(but may be a nightmare when trying to track high sales)

B: Just wait the 3 days until funds are transfered to bank account and then send purchase to vendor ( which would upset customers who are looking for fast deliveries)

EXTRA notes: for now I have only the option of using paypal or google check out. I don’t want a check or credit card account with paypal .

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PayPal Question: I Don’t want my customers to have to sign up for PayPal?
HELP.

I have a Business account with PayPal and we are wanting to start selling online. I created a Buy Now website and when we tested it I notic that there is NO Way for customers to simply enter credit card info WITHOUT having to sign up for PayPal acct.

This is BS, and I want to know what I need to buy / add-on in order to make this more professional.

The issue is that it irritates some potential customers. This leads to missed sales. There is no greater sin in all Creation than missed sales.

What PayPal settings do we use to change this?
What PayPal services must I pa for to remove it?
Speak, oh WISE Yahoolians.

I challenge thee!

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Ok, so I went to cancel my merchant account service that I had on my website from this company. They informed me today there’s a 0 cancellation fee. Supposedly when I signed up with them it was for a year (which I was never made aware of), and when I specifically asked the sales representative multiple times if there were any fees or hidden costs I should know about before filling out the paperwork when I first signed up, he reassured me no. The two sales reps I have talked to on the phone have been very rude to me from that company, and they are not budging to my complaints. —————————————-I have filed a complaint in BBB, but if that doesn’t solve the problem my question is this: Is it possible to just take their product off of my website, close out my bank account to which they are billing every month from my debit card, and just open a new one?

Thanks for your time!

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Want to open a sales office for merchant accounts. The amount needed is 50,000 but would do great with 75,000 where can i find a investor or someone willing to back the company. I have a business Plan. and here is the website www.bpiprocessing.com

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my citibank visa credit card lost and was used in bangkok by someone.

citibank debited my account. i asked for payment slip to see my sign but citibank never showed me proof.

is it a merchant fraud who facilitated shopping without verifying signatures?

is mere presentation of card by anyone is enough a constitute a legal purchase?

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I created a website in my Dreamweaver program. I have a host, domain, and the design. What I need help with is putting a shopping cart on the site. I really don’t want to use PayPal. I plan on getting a merchant account with a credit card processing company as well as a business bank account. A credit card processing company I am looking at offers free software (gateway software), and I’m not sure how this works with my site. Is there anybody here that has a website with a payment system on their site that can explain the process? Does the software give me some kind of code that will corrispond with my site. I’m not selling products. I’m selling ad space and a local directory. So when people want to advertise on my site, they’ll pay an ad fee. Kind of like classifieds. I want the customer to see their ad and the fee they’re being charged. I also created an order form and I would like to understand how I can incorporate a shopping cart w/ the form.
Can anyone help? Thanks.

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I need a web host that has an easy site builder that works with a MAC. AND it needs to a have a shopping cart and a merchant account for e-commerce

i did look at monster host.. anyone use that?

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I’m a Kuwaiti citizen working and living in Kuwait. We don’t have taxes in Kuwait.

I’m a programmer in my spare time and I want to sell desktop applications on my website, iPhone applications in the iTunes App Store, and subscriptions to web services.

As a Kuwaiti person, I can’t even get a paypal business account, let alone a business bank account and merchant services.

So my plan is to form an LLC in Delaware to benefit from the merchant services available to US entities.

According to my research and reading:
1) a single owner LLC in Delaware is treated like a sole proprietor
2) a nonresident alien doesn’t have to pay a self-employment tax
3) there are no sales taxes in Delaware

So my question is, what taxes DO I have to pay and under which categories do they fall?

Thank you.
Sorry for being redundant, but I want to stress that my question is:

In the situation that I’ve described, what taxes do I have to pay?

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Contrary to popular belief, it’s not illegal but against Visa policy to require ID for acceptance. In other words, you CANNOT deny a sale because I refuse to show ID.

Visa’s official statement:
Some customers write “See ID” or “Ask for ID” in the signature panel, thinking that this is a deterrent against fraud or forgery; that is, if their signature is not on the card, a fraudster will not be able to forge it. In reality, criminals don’t take the time to practice signatures: they use cards as quickly as possible after a theft and prior to the accounts being blocked. They are actually counting on you not to look at the back of the card and compare signatures—they may even have access to counterfeit identification with a signature in their own handwriting. “See ID” or “Ask for ID” is not a valid substitute for a signature. The customer must sign the card in your presence, as stated above.

How many of you knew that?
Visa official statement from merchant agreement:

Although Visa rules do not preclude merchants from asking for cardholder ID, merchants cannot make an ID a condition of acceptance. Therefore, merchants cannot refuse to complete a purchase transaction because a cardholder refuses to provide ID. Visa believes merchants should not ask for ID as part of their regular card acceptance procedures. Laws in several states also make it illegal for merchants to write a cardholder’s personal information, such as an address or phone number, on a sales receipt.
Banja, it’s not for my protection. How is it protecting me when I give a random stranger access to all of my personal information?

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I’m going to try and ask this question one last time. I am looking for a payment processor for a adult dating site. I have searched for weeks for one in the US and so far none that accept this type of business so I am now looking for payment processing companies in other countries. Please do not respond is you are doing a quick search and post a few names that show up. I have already done that. I am wanting to hear from people that use a company and can suggest a company that they use or have used with having no problems with them.

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i want to open offshore account direct with bank can some one have idea how to open. i want to start my software business which is best offshore account or offshore merchant account, which country is tax free and best for me.

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Hello, is there a way to eliminate buyers from using credit cards on your paypal account when they send you money?

I wish to set up a 3rd party merchant account in it’s place to accept cc’s, and only accept paypal if it’s nonCC payment types to avoid chargeback situations. It’s proven Paypal won’t fight or investigate claims for their customers, and chargebacks could be costly. This is all about min. fraud risks.

So, is there a feature to disable the use of credit cards being used on paypal for a business account? If so, where can I find this?

Thanks

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