Causes and Effects of Internal Control Outcomes -Final Thesis- Universiteit Maastricht Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Maastricht‚ February 21th‚ 2008 Martina Kratz ID: 239232 Master International Business – Concentration Finance Supervisor: Robin Braun Abstract Since the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002‚ the topic of internal control systems never came to rest. The current subprime crisis is just one example of internal control failures and their negative consequences
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occur if the threat becomes reality. Likelihood is the probability that the threat will occur. Internal control is the policies‚ procedures‚ practices and organizational structure designed to provide reasonable assurance that business objective will be achieved or detected and corrected. Internal control objectives 1. Safeguard asset 2. Maintain records in sufficient detail to report company assets accurately and fairly. 3. Provide accurate and reliable information. 4. Prepare financial
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Risks and Internal Controls for Kudler Fine Foods ACC/542 June 3‚ 2013 Jana L. Highwort‚ MBA University of Phoenix Risks and Internal Controls for Kudler Fine Foods Internal controls are policies and procedures a company uses to ensure the accuracy and validity of their data. Risks are threats to that data that could be internal or external of the company (Hunton‚ Bryant‚ & Bagranoff‚ 2004). The following paragraphs will identify and analyze the risks and internal controls as they relate
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Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls There are five components to internal controls. A comprehensive checklist should adequately define these components and ensure that each component has been adequately met. According to Louwers‚ Ramsay‚ Sinason‚ and Strawser (2007) the five components to internal controls include: 1. Control environment – Involves the tone of the organization and includes “the integrity‚ ethical values‚ and competence of the company’s people” (Louwers‚ Ramsay‚ Sinason
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Kudler’s Internal Controls and Risk Evaluation When first evaluating Kudler’s‚ one will think they have everything need to have successful internal controls and risk evaluation. Unfortunately as you evaluate their information‚ they lack many internal control and risk evaluations need to properly run a system. Many of the controls need to have simple corrections like balance of cash drawers and bank deposit. To writing and enforcing policy and procedure to the finance and accounting security to
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Date: December 19‚ 2012 Re: Internal Accountant’s Report to Management ------------------------------------------------- This report contains the supporting information to perform a full financial status review of our company‚ before the upcoming government contract bid. This report will cover the possible impacts that occupational fraud and abuse will have on the company‚ U.S. Governmental oversight of accounting fraud and
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A review of the effectiveness of the accounting system and internal controls of Cookridge & Cookridge Carpets ltd with any recommendations for improvement. Submitted by: Rita Mezher AAT student membership number: 10417659 Date: This report is submitted for assessment of the AAT unit ‘Internal control and accounting system.’ TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Term of reference 2. Executive summary 3. Methodology 4. Introduction to Cookridge and Cookrigde Carpets Ltd 5. Analysis and evaluation
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the deposals of capital assets with reference to Air Canada. Define cash and accounts receivables and explain the recognition and valuation of receivables. Identify and compare depreciation methods. Table of Content Introduction Task 1: Internal Control and Cash Task 2: Receivables Task 3: Noncurrent Assets Task 4: Recommendations Conclusion References Introduction Air Canada is counter as Canada’s flag carrier. It is Canada’s largest international‚ domestic and US transborder airline
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iii. Implement Internal Controls The objective of internal control is to safeguard assets of the firm‚ ensure accuracy and reliability of accounting record‚ promote the efficiency of the firm’s operation‚ and to measure compliance with management’s policies. Besides that‚ the internal control is used to controls and checks consolidated into accounting activities and operations of a company to ensure their business operations are conducted efficiently and effectively (Trenerry‚ 1999). Valeant Pharmaceuticals
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Internal Accounting Control 1 Chapter 1 – Accounting Information Systems AIS (Romney) is een systeem voor betrouwbare informatie t.b.v. besluitvorming en verantwoording bestaat uit mensen‚ procedures‚ en systemen met als hoofdfuncties: het verzamelen en opslaan van gegevens over bedrijfstransacties zodat de organisatie kan vaststellen wat er is gebeurd het management voorzien van relevante besluitvormingsinformatie het zorgen voor adequate beheersmaatregelen om te waarborgen dat de informatie
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