ACCT301 Week 2 Homework 1. In two to three paragraphs‚ describe the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and why it is important to the accounting profession. (15 points) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in 2002 by Congress after a series of scandals involving companies such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco. This was passed because of shady transactions and misrepresented financial data which caused shareholders to lose millions of dollars and their trust in investing in public companies. It was passed to create
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| LJB Company Internal Control Report Review | October 2‚ 2011 | [Type the document subtitle] | The management of LJB Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. This internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance to the company’s management and board of directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal control systems‚ no matter how well designed
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the main Methods of Credit Control? The most important function of the Central Bank is to control credit. The Central Bank uses various methods to control credit. This method can be classified into two broad categories. They are: Methods of Credit Controls Quantitative Methods 1. Bank rate policy 2. Open market operations 3. Variation of cash reserve ratio 4. ’Repo’ or Repurchase Transactions Qualitative Methods 1. Fixation of margin requirements 2. Rationing of credit 3. Regulation of consumer
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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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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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Methodology 5 Organisation Background Description of the Current System Weaknesses of the Current System Recommendations Fraud and Errors - Appendices - Appendix A: SWOT Analysis - Appendix B: Organisation Structure Chart - Appendix C: Accounting System and other functions of the organization 1. Executive Summary 1.1 The report investigates weaknesses in the accounting system at Cookridge Carpets Ltd‚ using information from the company’s diary. It then makes
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the role of information technology and how it affects internal audit process in banking industry. The study will also stresses on how IT affects internal control (control environment‚ risk assessment‚ control activities‚ information and communication and monitoring) and provides guidelines and best practices in evaluating techniques available to effectively perform auditing tasks internally. It will addresses how technology‚ Information system (IS) and electronic data processing (EDP) have changed
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Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls ACC/544 April 29‚ 2013 Christine Errico Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls Internal controls are methods a company implements to safeguard and protect the company in its day-to-day operations as well as its financial information. To ensure these controls are effective and performing properly a company must evaluate these controls. In performing this evaluation a company should use the three phases of the control evaluation. These phases
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Internal Controls for Local Government A Training Presentation for City of Tampa’s Leaders Training Objectives What you should know after this class: • • • • • Types of risk Who commits fraud and why Internal controls - who needs them 5 internal control components What you can do! 2 What are Internal Controls? To put it simply‚ internal controls are an exercise of common sense. You are practicing good internal controls when you? • Balance your checkbook • Keep your ATM/debit card
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Neish ACTG 440 Case 2 – Application Controls a) A sales person should not be able to change the selling price of products without management authorization. Each time a product’s price is reduced beyond its sales price the manager should have to physically come up to the register and authorize the transaction. If the company implemented this segregation of duties control the salesperson could not get away with reducing the price of products to increase gross sales. b) A manager or someone else
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