My boss determines whether we charge clients fees for notarizing their documents. What do I enter in my journal as the fees I charged, $0 or what my boss collected? — L.D., California
If you receive fees for your notarizations — even if you pass them to your employer because you have a fee agreement in place — you must enter the fee in your journal and you may make a note that the fee was remitted to your employer.
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