
Gretche Early Manage                      5/2/82
Th Flowe Hil CO.
263 Vi d l Valle
De Mar C 92014

Dea Gretchen:

I regard t you reques fo clarificatio o ou monthl sale 
repor fo Januar 198 le m describ t yo th type o sale 
tha ar "exempt b th definitio give i ou leas agreemen 
an th meanin o th entr "over-rings".

OVER-RINGS
Th entr over-ring wa a attemp b m t hav  systemati 
metho o reportin ou sale t you company an th variou 
local state an federa agencie  tha ɠ mus repor t 
monthly  Over-ring ar generall cause whe on o ou sale 
personne key i he sale cod a a inappropriat tim int 
th cas registe causin wha appear t b  ver larg sal 
whe i reall wa not  Fo exampl i on sale cler enter 
he sale cod int th cas register sa  "7" an the get 
distracte an  secon cler start  secon entr b enterin 
he sale cod o "5  sal o $10.5 wil com ou o th 
registe tap a $510.50  Thi i quickl caugh an reentere 
b th cler bu th cas registe ha place thi sal o 
$510.5 i it interna memory  I i unfortunat tha ther i 
n automati wa t bac thi over-rin ou o th tota an a 
th en o th da i appear tha th registe i shor $500.00  
Th sale clerk' not ever occurrenc o thi o ou dail 
sale summar an a th en o th mont  woul deduc th su 
o thes fro th gros sale an repor tha a th tru gross.

I Januar ɠ decide t sho th cas registe total a th 
Gros o th sale repor an the deduc th  over-ring' b 
placin the i th exemp sale column  ɠ no realiz th 
confusin thi cause an wil g bac t th origina metho o 
reportin sales.

EXEMPT-SALE 
T clarif th exemp sale figure reporte b th Yar Lof le 
m describ th fou categorie o sale tha w us t kee 
trac o ou inventory  Firs i norma taxabl sales thi i 
th vas majorit o ou sales Secon i ou o stat sales 
thes ar generall ove th phon order o order throug th 
mail  W accoun fo thes separatel becaus w ar no 
require t pa stat sale ta o them  Thir i sale fo 
resale thes ar normall t othe shop i th loca are o t 
craftsme wh wis t us ou materia t mak  garmen fo 
resale  Thes craftsme al submi t u  certificat o 
resale  Th fourt categor i wher th exemp sale ar 
collecte fo reportin t you company  Exemp sale  consis 
o Alteratio Workroo Charge (leas paragrap 3. ite  à (v 
) an Gif certificate (ite (ix)  W d abou 1 - 15 o ou 
busines i thi category Wor roo charge consis o finishin o  custome sweater' (blocking steamin an an fina knittin 
o re-knittin required an since a yo know th valu o  
han kni sweate i normall $40 - $60  custome wil gladl 
pa $4 t $6 fo  professiona finishin job  Th sam hold 
tru i th needlepoin department  Whe  custome ha investe 
severa hundre dollar o  fin needlewor articl th fina 
finishin (stretching steamin an sizin o th back i wel 
wort th additiona 10 ove th materia charges  

I additio t thes charge al gif certificate an deposit 
(ite i o th lease ar collecte i thi category  Whe th 
gif certificat o deposi i redeeme th entir amoun o th 
sal appear i th correc categor (alway categor 1 an th 
amoun remove fro th exemp sales.

ɠ hop thi clarifie th entr "Exemp Sales o th sale 
report  

I summar  wil chang m metho o reportin over-ring i 
tha the wil b subtracte fro th gros befor th entr i 
mad o th report  Th amoun o $40,00 mentione i you 
origina lette doe see abou righ sinc th stor wil gros 
approximatel 1/ o  millio dollar i  year   notice fro 
th Yearl Statemen o Ne Sale tha th Yar Lof pai 
$6,585.0 i overag fo th yea an abou 1/ mor ($9,583.00 
i standar rent   assur yo tha th calculation use t 
arriv a thes figure ar accurat an withi th term an 
condition spelle ou i ou lease  I yo hav an question 
concernin  m descriptio o thes item pleas contac me.

                    Than You

               

                    Jame F.Brown
                    Secretary Th Yar Lof Needlewor Hous  
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