purchase order

Question 1

what does the purchase order start with?

Answer 1

the buying and selling process

Question 2

what are usually completed on on pre-printed official form?

Answer 2

financial documents such as a purchase order

Question 3

what are normally found in the supplier’s sales catalogue?

Answer 3

details of the goods to be ordered

Question 4

1. what does the customer send?

Answer 4

a purchase order to the supplier

Question 5

2. what needs to be filled?

Answer 5

the date of the order

Question 6

3. what needs to be filled in accurately?

Answer 6

name and contact details of supplier and buyer

Question 7

4. why will an address be included?

Answer 7

to know where the goods are to be sent

Question 8

5. why does suppliers publish catalogues?

Answer 8

list and describe the goods they sell

Question 9

6. what will each item have?

Answer 9

a catalogue number or order code

Question 10

7. what is usually listed before any discount?

Answer 10

the price of an item

Question 11

8. how are goods that are purchased in sometimes?

Answer 11

specific quantities, such as a box or case of six items

Question 12

9. what is deducted from the goods total to give the subtotal?

Answer 12

the supplier may offer discounts to local customers or on bulk orders

Question 13

10. what does VAT stand for?

Answer 13

value added tax

Question 14

11. what is the VAT?

Answer 14

a government tax

Question 15

12. how is VAT calculated as?

Answer 15

a percentage of the total cost of the order which is the subtotal
the vat is added to the subtotal to give the total to pay

Question 16

13. what is the ‘total to pay”?

Answer 16

the total amount to be paid by the buyer to the supplier