Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls ACC 544 CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING INTERNAL CONTROLS Introduction “In response to the number of major corporate accounting scandals rocking the financial world (e.g.‚ Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Xerox‚ KMart‚ etc.)‚ on July 30‚ 2002‚ Congress passed the most wide-sweeping financial reporting legislation since the 1930s (when it established the Securities and Exchange Commission). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is intended to strengthen corporate
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Week 5 Case Study 2‚ Internal Control System. By Elias Hane Ehane2000@yahoo.com Cell: 786-488-8109 ACCT 504: Financial Accounting Submitted To: Professor Mario Perez Keller Graduate School of Management DeVry University - Miramar Campus Miramar‚ Florida MPEREZ@devry.net December 5‚ 2012 Table of Contents Page Presentation………………………………………………………………………………….1 Introduction Overview of the situation….……………………………………………………………
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Justification for an Internal Control System ACC/544 April 22‚ 2013 Christine Errico Justification for an Internal Control System Over the past years many organizations have fallen because of inadequate financial reporting and ineffective controls. To overcome this dilemma‚ the creation of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 requires corporations to take full control over its financial reporting and accounting by placing internal controls within its organization. Internal controls not only establish
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Case Study 2-Internal Controls 2014 ACCT 504 Table of Contents I) Introduction II) Internal Control Requirements-Sarbanes/Oxley Act III) Internal Controls-Strengths IV) Internal Controls-Opportunities for Improvement Introduction It has come to the attention of the president of LJB Company that an evaluation is needed to determine the reliability and level of compliance of the company’s
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Goodner Brothers‚ Inc. Internal Control Issues 1.List what you believe should have been the three to five key internal control objectives for Goodner’s Huntington sales office. 1. Assets Safeguard The padlock and other some security are used as a physical protection of Goodner’s inventory from stolen by unauthorized person. 2. Authorization of Transaction Goodner’s policy said that the new customer required an approval of the sale manager for the credit sale. The objective of this
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This report has been written to investigate and make suitable recommendation for improvement to the company’s internal control and accounting systems and assign such improvements to a cost benefit analysis. Fraud: No precise legal definition of fraud exists‚ though many of the offences referred to as fraud are covered by the theft Acts 1968 and 1978 (Kaplan chapter 5) Causes of fraud‚ common type of fraud: Falsification or alteration of accounting
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Internal Controls XACC/280 Christopher Stone 5.1.2013 Internal controls are an integral part of a business operation because of the extreme importance of assets. Assets are basically an economically valued item owned by an individual or corporation‚ which most often has a direct conversion rate to cash. Examples are cash‚ securities‚ accounts receivable‚ in-stock product‚ business equipment‚ real-estate‚ cars‚ and other valuable property. Assets are business resources which could lead
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CHAPTER 3 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION TECHNIQUES SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 3.1 Data Flows: merchandise‚ payment‚ cash and register tape Date Source: customer Processes: capture sales and payment‚ give cash and register tape to manager Storage: sales file (register tape)‚ cash register 3.2 It is usually not sufficient to use just one documentation tool. Every tool documents a uniquely important aspect of a given information system. For example‚ system
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Designing Internal Control System To Minimize Fraud And This paper gives an introduction to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) informal financial service delivery mechanism which are not under any regulatory framework like the formal sector. So‚ there is a necessity to internalize a built-in internal control system through self-regulation to mitigate exposure to risk in MFI. In 2.0 sound and reliable management system for MFIs through self-regulation are discussed. Section 3.0 discussed under internal
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Information Technology‚ Internal Control‚and Financial Statement Audits By Thomas A. Ratcliffe and Paul Munter In Brief ASB Tackles IT System Control Risk Modern data processing systems pose new‚ risk-laden challenges to the traditional audit process. Whereas it was once possible to conduct a financial statement audit by assessing and monitoring the controls over paper-based transaction and accounting systems‚ businesses have increasingly turned to electronic transaction and accounting
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