Bank of Nigeria reported that the backward development of Nigeria was attributable to weakness in the internal control systems of the banks. This has clearly pointed out the picture of how fraud is being penetrated in the financial strength of Nigerian banks. In a nut-shell ‚ the damage which the menace‚ called fraud has done to the banks is innumerable and needs urgent attention. Internal control are measures established by directors relating to the accounting systems in order to check if all transactions
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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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Case Study 2 – Internal Control 1. Inform the President of any new internal control requirements if the company decides to go public. As per the accident that happened in the company about some employees was viewing pornography on company computer and he had a hard time to get his employees admitted that they were the one who doing it. He should use limit access by individual passwords for each person to log in the computer systems. To make sure that which person was log on in the computer and
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| MANAGERIAL USE ANLYSIS | CASE STUDY 2 INTERNAL CONTROL | 12/1/2012 | Case Study 2 Internal Control . A requirement is important to know that all publicly traded U.S. corporations are required to maintain an adequate system of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404. It is the responsibility of your executives to ensure there are dependable and effective controls in place‚ and auditors from outside the company
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2 – Internal Control The following are the internal control requirements a company who wants to go public needs to be put into place. INTERNAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS Management’s Assessment Section 404(a) of the Act and the related rules adopted by the SEC require management to assess the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the company’s most recent fiscal year‚ and to state in the company’s annual report whether the company’s internal control
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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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Characteristics of an Effective System of Internal Control 1.) In accounting systems‚ certain controls are needed to ensure that employees are doing their jobs properly and ensure that the system runs properly. These checks are in the best interest of the organization. These controls come in the form of internal controls for the system. The internal controls are the checks that are placed in the system by the company’s own management to prevent the intentional misrepresentation of financial data
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ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS‚ INTERNAL CONTROLS‚ AND ETHICS Prepared for the course team by Vimlesh B. Narayan Unit 1 Contents Unit 1 Contents 2 Concept Map 3 Learning Outcomes 4 1.1 Introduction 5 1.2 Accounting System Design 6 System Objectives and Design Factors 6 Designing the System 8 1.3 Internal Control Systems 17 Objectives of Internal Control Systems 17 Structure of Internal Control Systems 18 Why You Should Consider the Components? 21 Internal Control Principles and Limitations
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limitations of the internal control system and also give the reader three examples of such limitations. Internal control procedures will be thoroughly discussed and how the procedures are actually executed. Signs and symptoms of an underdeveloped internal control system and the impact of a missing journal entry on a financial statement will be further reviewed. With everything‚ there can be bad or there can be good. In accounting‚ however‚ there has to be a consistent control system in order
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To: Management From: / Staff Accountant 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
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