14-28 (Controls over cash receipts processing at a church) You have been asked by the board of trustees of a local church to review its accounting procedures. As a part of this review‚ you have prepared the following comments relating to the collections made at weekly services and recordkeeping for members’ contributions: 1. The church’s board of trustees has delegated responsibility for financial management and audit of the financial records to the finance committee. This group prepares the annual
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to the cash receipts reaching the accounts receivable clerk‚ the auditor should make a list of all cash receipts without the clerk’s knowledge. After the clerk posted cash receipts to the journal‚ the auditor should compare the details of the cash receipt listings he made to the detail of daily deposit tickets made by the clerk. 2. Trace a sample of customers’ accounts from journal to ledgers. 3. Investigate debit entries in the general ledger cash account other than from the cash receipt journal
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Control of Cash Receipts Internal control of cash receipts ensures that cash received is properly recorded and deposited. Cash receipts can arise from transactions such as collections of customer accounts‚ receipts of interest earned‚ bank loans‚ sales of assets‚ and owner investments. The two important types of cash receipts are: Over-the-Counter Cash Receipts For purposes of internal control‚ over-the-counter cash receipts from sales should be recorded on a cash register at the time of each
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(b)‚ the control environment sets the tone of an organization‚ influencing the control consciousness of its people. It is the foundation for all the other components of internal control‚ providing discipline and structure for the whole organization. It is important to an entity in the overall attitude and actions of managements. To overcome the weaknesses for the internal control system over sales‚ the company should have separation of the duties. The company should assign separate cash handlings
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The weakness in internal control over cash disbursements is that there is no numbers on the check. If there were numbers on the checks it will be easier to file in order and the number to the check will be the identity of the person and reason for the check for the company’s records. Dear Management‚ The internal control over cash disbursements need to be revised. To maintain‚ proper and organized documents each check written by this company will have a number on it. For the safety of our
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Kabankalan City‚ Negros Occidental POLICY NO. C3-2015 POLICY ON THE COOP CASH RECIEIPTS I. RATIONALE: This policy defines the responsibilities of the Tellers‚ Collection Officers‚ Area Managers‚ Treasury Division Chief‚ Bookkeeper-Cash Receipts‚ Finance Manager and Data Administrators who handles specifically the cooperative cash and its report. Further‚ this policy represent collections arising from power bills‚ excess cash advances and other account receivables such as apprehension; constructions
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Internal Controls for Outflows ACC/544 July 9‚ 2012 Internal Controls for Outflows Internal control over outflows helps to prevent mistakes and detect fraud within the acquisition and expenditure cycle‚ including the payroll cycle. Errors found in financial statements occur most commonly because of improper recording of expenses or fraudulent capitalization of expenses. Fraud can occur in a company’s outflow because of weak internal controls. This proposal explains
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of Internal Control to Cash Receipts ---Cash receipts may result from cash sales; collections on account from customers; the receipt of interest‚ rents‚ and dividends; investments by owners; bank loans; and proceeds from the sale of noncurrent assets. ---The following internal control principles explained earlier apply to cash receipts transactions as shown: Establishment of responsibility - Only designated personnel (cashiers) are authorized to handle cash receipts. Segregation
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Internal cash control is very important to any business. Without effective methods in place to ensure that funds and resources are being used in an ethical and efficient way‚ a company may lose money or run into many other problems. Through proper establishment of responsibly‚ segregation of duties‚ document procedures‚ and security measures‚ any company should be able to maintain their funds and feel confident that their employees are producing accurate and ethical results. In the exercise detailing
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Control of Cash Disbursements Control of cash disbursements is important for companies as most large thefts occur from payment of fictitious invoices. One key to controlling cash disbursements is to require all expenditures to be made by check. The only exception is small payments made from petty cash. Another key is to deny access to the accounting records to anyone other than the owner who has the authority to sign checks. A small business owner often signs checks and knows from personal contact
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