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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An Investigation of Auditor Decision Processes in the Evaluation of Internal Controls and Audit Scope Decisions 1. Introduction Over the past decade numerous studies have focused on auditors’ judgments. With few exceptions these studies have found that when auditors are given the same task‚ they frequently make different decisions.’ This result has been obtained for relatively simple tasks (e.g.‚ Joyce [1976]) and relatively complex tasks (e.g.‚ Reckers and Taylor [1979] and Mock and
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CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.9 Introduction 2.0 Objectives of an internal control system 2.1 Identify customizable components 2.2 To identify factors that promotes the effective implementation of internal control system. 2.3 Challenges associated with internal control systems. 2.4 Limitations of internal controls 2.5 To identify the top rated types of internal controls. CHAPTER TWO
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 2.0 Role of internal control 2 2.1 Management: 2 2.2 Board of Directors: 3 2.3 Auditors: 3 2.4 Staff and junior managers 4 3.0 NEW RULES OF INTERNAL CONTROL 4 4.0 THE GOOD AND THE BAD 10 5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 12 6.0 REFERENCES 14 1.0 INTRODUCTION Internal control is defined as a process affected by an organization ’s structure‚ work and authority flows‚ people and management information systems‚ designed to help the organization
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Justification for an Internal Control System Organizations that do not have the proper internal controls tend to deteriorate over time. Therefore‚ companies should incorporate effective internal control systems to accompany other risk management approaches like insurance and risk portfolio. Internal Control Systems can provide an additional reference tool for organizations to identify and assess operating controls‚ financial reporting‚ and regulatory compliance processes and to formulate preventive
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Memorendium to: from: subject: date: The purpose of this brief report is to explain the need for the internal control system within the organization. When controls are in place with an insurance and portfolio approach. An internal control system in any organization is a way to regulate‚ to reduce lost‚ to minimize risks‚ and to accomplish the organizational goals and success (McCarthy‚ 2004). The majority of organizations depend on the insurance approach and the portfolio risk management
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Internal Control and Risk Evaluation A risk is the chance of a negative event occurring. Internal controls are policies and procedures set in place to reduce the occurrence of an associated risk. Risks are never entirely eliminated; however‚ internal controls help reduce the occurrence and balance the risk. This brief will discuss the risks of Kudler Fine Food’s current Accounting Information System (AIS). In addition‚ the internal controls designed to mitigate the risks. Furthermore
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Internal Controls Your Name XACC/280 Date Instructor Name Internal Controls Internal controls are an essential asset to any company that wishes to maintain their company’s security and accuracy. These controls help to protect the assets belonging to a company from unforeseen events such as employee theft‚ robbery‚ or any sort of unauthorized use (Weygandt‚ Kimmel‚ & Kieso‚ 2008). They also create the opportunity for accounting records to be more accurate and reliable by limiting the possibility
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Justification for an Internal Control System Pamela Kaminski ACC/544 April 25‚ 2011 Adriane Treasure Justification for an Internal Control System Insurance and portfolio approaches are good controls‚ but they are not enough to protect the company from risks. As a controller I encourage you and your leadership team to increase the internal controls in the company. The insurance and portfolio approaches will
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multiple bank overdrafts. Results indicate that only minimal efforts have been made for internal control measures in this office and companywide‚ and that weaknesses have allowed the Finance Coordinator to embezzle funds. There are many issues to be addressed‚ and several remedial actions to be taken to prevent these types of losses going forward. Strengths in the internal control system Dentistar’s internal control system has some strengths‚ including its detection policies‚ limits on access to data
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