Monthly Expense Discrepancy Spanish Listening Test

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The transportation expense decreased along with the overall budget. The overall budget increased because transportation stayed unchanged. Transportation spending increased this month while the overall budget stayed the same. Neither transportation spending nor the budget changed.

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The speaker found two invoices with different numbers and confirmed both are valid. The speaker has already deleted one invoice without checking it. The speaker found two invoices with the same number and wants to verify a duplicate. The invoices have the same supplier but completely different numbers.

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The accounting system combines taxes while the spreadsheet excludes them. Both systems show taxes in exactly the same way. The spreadsheet includes taxes in the total while the accounting system lists them separately. The spreadsheet and accounting system contain no tax information.

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The speaker will close the month without checking the extra charge. The additional charge was automatically approved by every manager. Before closing the month, the speaker needs to know who approved the extra charge. The speaker needs to know when the month began rather than who approved the charge.

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The speaker must stop all work while Accounting reviews the receipts. Accounting has already finished and no receipts remain. The speaker can finish the summary while Accounting reviews the pending receipts. The speaker will review the receipts instead of completing the summary.

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The manager asked the team not to record any changes. The manager wants documentation only after the review is finished. The manager asked for every change to be documented to make review easier. The manager asked for changes to be hidden from the final reviewer.

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The speaker will include every unsupported figure immediately. The speaker will replace missing evidence with an estimate. If a figure lacks supporting documentation, it will stay out until the invoice arrives. The speaker will remove the invoice once the figure is confirmed.

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The difference is large but does not change any percentage. The difference is small and has no effect on the budget calculation. The difference is small, but it changes the final budget percentage. The percentage changed because the total budget was deleted.

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The speaker checked only the final total and found no error. The error came from a missing supplier name rather than a date. The speaker compared the transactions individually and found an incorrect date. The speaker changed every transaction date without comparing them.

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The speaker will stop reviewing because the total matches. The total does not match, so department allocations are irrelevant. Even though the total matches, the speaker will review how expenses were allocated across departments. The speaker will review only the total and ignore departmental allocation.