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Which of the following is a reason that businesses use bank accounts as part of their internal control measures.
a.The bank records incoming checks as liabilities.
b.Customer’s returned checks can be charged an NSF fee.
c.Differences between the company balance and the bank balance will automatically indicate fraud.
d.Bank accounts are an independent record of cash transactions.
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