Title: (Optional) Generate a sales ticket or invoice using software.
Course: Agricultural Education - Development (18003-I) > Section: Investigating Business Operations

Generation should include

- choosing industry software to create a sales ticket or invoice
- 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
- 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 or 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?
- How do credit transitions take place?
- What information is required 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?