Title: Create a sales ticket or invoice.
Course: Agricultural Education - Preparation (18003-II) > Section: Investigating Business Operations

Creation should include

  - differentiating between cash, credit, and store-credit purchases
  - determining itemized products and prices
  - calculating discounts and coupons
  - determining tax amount, including local tax, state tax, and any additional tax that may be required
  - determining total
  - making change
  - ensuring that the date and name of the business appear on the ticket
  - ensuring that the name and address of the customer appear on the ticket
  - determining whether the purchase will be taken immediately, picked up at a later date, or delivered
  - explaining the various means of completing a credit transaction (e.g., phone, online, card swipe by salesclerk, card swipe by customer).

Process/Skill Questions:

  - What is the tax rate for retail sales in Virginia?
  - Why is the preparation of sales tickets crucial to running a retail business?
  - How can product itemization be helpful to inventory adjustments?
  - What are the differences among cash, credit, and store-credit purchases?
  - What are the different ways that a credit transition may take place?
  - What information needs to be obtained for delivery purchases?
  - Why is it important to have pertinent information on a sales ticket?
  - What is a sales invoice and what information does it include?