The following discussion took place between Marc Bolli, the office manager of Landmark Data Company, and a new accountant, Kelly Holt.

Kelly:I've been thinking about our method of recording entries. It seems that it's inefficient.

Marc:In what way?

Kelly:Well-correct me if I'm wrong-it seems like we have unnecessary steps in the process. We could easily develop a trial balance by posting our transactions directly into the ledger and bypassing the journal altogether. In this way we could combine the recording and posting process into one step and save ourselves a lot of time. What do you think?

Marc:We need to have a talk.

What should Marc say to Kelly?

Good Morning Class and Professor!

Marc definitely should have asked at that point her credentials and how she would think that her...