Bookkeeping Tips
The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (www.aipb.org) VOL. 2: Issue 43
Bookkeeping Quiz:
How Good Are Your Skills?
A major part of AIPB’s mission as the bookkeeping profession’s national association, is raising
bookkeepers’ professional status. We do this in a number of ways, including making sure that
members are up to date with the latest changes in bookkeeping, recordkeeping, filing and
small-business tax rules . . . making sure members get the everyday help they may need on
free member telephone AnswerLine . . . and setting high standards with our national
certification program.
One way we keep members’ skills sharp is with a monthly refresher quiz in The General
Ledger newsletter (www.aipb.org/general_ledger.html), the monthly technical briefing for
members. This quiz is from a recent issue. Answers are on page 2.
Note: Because many of our members are Chief Bookkeepers, our quizzes for members go well
beyond debits and credits.
1. To classify a worker correctly as an employee or independent contractor (IC), request a
definitive ruling from the IRS by filing Form _____.
2. Procedures using the form in question 1 are usually published in the first _____ _____ of
each year.
3. What is the time limit on requesting an IRS ruling on a worker’s classification?
4. If you request an IRS ruling on how to classify a worker and don’t agree with the ruling or
believe the IRS did not consider all facts, can you request reconsideration?
5. If the IRS has a problem with your firm’s tax account, might it initiate contact with your via
e-mail?
6. Before checking a job candidate’s references, background or other data, you should get
the candidate’s _____ _____.
7. Rules for unclaimed or uncashed paychecks are set by each _____ under _____ _____ law
or _____ law.
8. The “liability” date for payroll refers to the (pay period ending date/check date), assuming
that this is the date the money was _____ to the employee without subst