the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires an audit of internal controls. The purpose of an internal control evaluation is to evaluate risk‚ which offers auditors a basis for audit planning and provides useful information to management ("Sox Law"‚ 2006). Auditors typically use the five basic components of internal control to approve the entire system. According to Louwers‚ Ramsay‚ Sinason‚ and Strawser (2007) the five components to internal controls include control environment‚ risk assessment
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Internal Control Weakness and Corrective Actions Fan Company A has eight weaknesses with the current internal control system. I will name each weakness and the corrective action for each weakness identified that will improve the internal control system to help protect the company’s cast and inventory assets and to prevent unethical actions of employees. The first internal control weakness that I found is the accountant decided not to check the references on the two part time employees. The
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Online ACCT205/Professor Francis Hoban Discussion Board 3 May 19‚2013 Abstract This paper will describe the 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
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Analysis of LJB Internal Control Procedures and Recommendations Table of Contents Introduction 3 Internal Controls Before Going Public 3 Correct Internal Control Procedures 4 Internal Control Discrepancies 4 Indelible Ink Recommendation 6 Summary 6 Works Cited 8 Analysis of LJB Internal Controls and Recommendations Introduction Assigned to review the internal control procedures for LJB‚ I will
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Material Validity and Reliability Matrix For each of the tests of reliability and validity listed on the matrix‚ prepare a 50-100-word description of test’s application and under what conditions these types of reliability would be used as well as when it would be inappropriate. Then prepare a 50-100-word description of each test’s strengths and a 50-100-word description of each test’s weaknesses. TEST of Reliability Application and APPROPRIATENESS Strengths Weaknesses Internal Consistency
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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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outputs are job descriptions and person specifications. 3. Analysing the labour market Definition: the identified pool of potential employees from which it is possible to attract candidates of required calibre for a specific job. Internal Labour Market: existing staff can apply for vacancies Advantages: Motivation‚ continuity & retention‚ lower cost of recruitment Disadvantages: Restricting pool of available talent; difficult to implement change. External Labour
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The Impact of Internal Audit Function Quality and Contribution on Audit Delays Mina Pizzinia Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University Dallas‚ TX mpizzini@cox.smu.edu Shu Lin Craig School of Business California State University‚ Fresno Fresno‚ CA shulin@csufresno.edu Mark Vargus LeBow College of Business Drexel University Philadelphia‚ PA 19104-2875 Douglas Ziegenfuss College of Business and Public Administration Old Dominion University Norfolk‚ VA 23529 dziegenf@odu.edu November
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Reliability and Validity Ebony Johnson University of Phoenix Reliability has to do with the quality of measurement and is the consistency of repeatability of measures. To define it precisely researchers first have to learn about the foundation of reliability- the true score theory of measurement. Then researchers need to understand the different types of measurement error because they play a key role in degrading reliability. Because reliability can only be estimated there are different types
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STANDARDS OF INTERNAL CONTROL Issued April 2007 Table Of Contents I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Preface Objective Scope Process Responsibility Fraud Revisions Introduction General Control Requirements Quick Reference Revenue Cycle 2.1 Order Entry/Edit 2.2 Loan/Financial Aid 2.3 Billing 2.4 Accounts Receivable 2.5 Collection 2.6 Cash Receipts Procurement Cycle 3.1 Supplier Selection and Retention 3.2 Purchasing 3.3 Receiving 3.4 Accounts
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