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The Rate Schedule at Westbrook Video Barn
≈ 6 min
Westbrook Video Barn operates under a corporate franchise agreement that sets every late-fee and restocking charge by category, published in the Corporate Rate Schedule effective January 1, 1987. Branch Manager Dale Pruitt has submitted October's late-fee and restocking ledger to the regional office in Hartford for cash-receipt reconciliation. A regional auditor noticed that one line's billed total does not match what the Rate Schedule allows for that charge type. Your task is to identify which ledger line applies the wrong rate and which reference record makes the error undeniable.
The scene
Westbrook Video Barn, a suburban video-rental chain branch in Westbrook, Connecticut, USA, October 1987
Source documents
- Corporate Rate Schedule, Westbrook Video Barn Franchise, Effective January 1, 1987
- Westbrook Video Barn Member Account Register, October 1987
- New-Release Title Log, Westbrook Video Barn, October 1987
- Regional Office Memo, Hartford, CT, September 2, 1987
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