RUNNING HEAD: Internal Control for Inflows Internal Control for Inflows ACC/ 544 Internal Control for Inflows Internal controls are important to a business. The internal controls provide a safeguard against errors in the accounting system as well as the detection and prevention of fraud. With the inflows of the company come many risks that need to be considered. The ways in which cash‚ sales‚ accounts receivable‚ inventory‚ and production are handled within the company are different for
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Running Head: EVALUATING INTERNAL CONTROLS Evaluating Internal Controls Internal Control Systems – ACC/544 Stephanie Booth Robert Cornett University of Phoenix September 29‚ 2014 Evaluating Internal Controls An organization’s internal controls are comprised of five components‚ which include: the control environment‚ risk assessment‚ control activities‚ monitoring‚ and information and communication. The five
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Introduction Management control system (MCS)‚ as a vital part of an organization‚ which purpose allows organizations to ensure that their activities achieve the objects they desire. The process of designing and improving MCSs requires addressing three basic questions. What is desired? What is likely to occur? And What is the effect of contextual factors ?Then managers must address each of these questions. What controls should be used? In recent years‚ contingency-based research has maintained
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a. Did Altex need a new system? (What are the most critical problems facing Altex at the takeover? what does Ted see as the purpose of a control system? Did Altex meet their objectives?) Yes‚ Altex really need a new system‚ because Altex is facing some critical problems at the takeover by Ted and Franck. The first most critical problem is the actual management system: the system in place was one accountant (Sarah Arthur) who kept everything in her head. The system was incomprehensible and complicated
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Case Study 2: LJB Company’s Internal Controls Michael Del Toro FI504 - Accounting Abstract This paper shall focus on the criticalities involved in LJB’s transactions and how it may implement internal controls to the business processes while increasing the accountability of individuals involved in its ‘lean business process.’ With the advent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its repercussions to the manner in which businesses must prevent fraud (both external and internal) to not misrepresent any
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Evaluate the scenarios internal controls and reveal their weaknesses Dora I. Gonzalez Devry University Abstract Why Internal Controls? An efficient internal control system aids the company to achieve its mission and accomplish set objectives and goals. An effective internal control systems helps promote orderly‚ economical and efficient operations‚ along with producing quality products and services consistent with the company?s mission. Safeguard resources against loss due to waste
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Lecture note on monitoring business and accounting systems. ------------------------------------------------- internal control systems and internal controls An internal control system is the whole system of controls‚ financial and otherwise‚ established by the management in order to * Carry on the business of the enterprise in an orderly and efficient manner‚ * Ensure adherence to management policies‚ * Safeguard the assets and secure as far as possible the completeness and accuracy
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Internal Control Evaluation Every business should take the steps necessary to ensure that its internal controls are functioning effectively and efficiently. It is important to have accountability at every level of a business. Creating a checklist to evaluate internal controls will support the business in this effort. According to Louwers‚ Ramsay‚ Sinason and Stawser (2007)‚ an internal control questionnaire aide an auditor in gathering evidence about the control environment and accounting and
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Justification for an Internal Control System ACC 544 Justification for an Internal Control System Introduction According to A. A. Gramling in the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance‚ internal control can be described as “any action taken by an organization to help enhance the likelihood that the objectives of the organization will be achieved.” There are several approaches to risk management in an organization – the portfolio approach and the use of insurance are two. Both
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Chapter 1—Auditing and Internal Control TRUE/FALSE 1. Corporate management (including the CEO) must certify monthly and annually their organization’s internal controls over financial reporting. ANS: F PTS: 1 2. Both the SEC and the PCAOB require management to use the COBIT framework for assessing internal control adequacy. ANS: F PTS: 1 3. Both the SEC and the PCAOB require management to use the COSO framework for assessing internal control adequacy. ANS: F PTS: 1 4. A qualified opinion
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