Table of Contents STAGE B: ASSESSING THE PRELIMINARY LEVEL OF CONTROL RISK 2 ASSESSING CONTROL RISK 2 Assessing control risk below the maximum level 5 Assessing Inherent Risk …………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………5 Relationship Between the Assessments of Inherent and Control Risks…………………………..……..……6 Identifying Specific Controls Relevant to Specific Assertions………………………………………………..……..6 Types of Control Activities that Relate to Financial Statement Assertion……………………………..……..7 STAGE C: OBTAINBING
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publicly traded companies‚ 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
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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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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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ICC-1 Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. Internal Control Questionnaire Sales Transaction Processing December 31‚ 2007 Objectives and Questions Yes‚ No‚ N/A Comments Environment: 1. Is the credit department independent of the sales department? Yes. Credit manager in Treasurer’s office 2. Are sales of the following types controlled by the same procedures described below? Sales to employees‚ COD sales‚ disposals of property‚ cash sales and scrap sales. No available information‚ apparently not applicable
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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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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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Internal Controls for Problem 3 Theme park operators must be aware of the fact that rides maintenance is a very important function of a theme park‚ as a malfunction in any component of the rides could very well escalate into a potentially dangerous situation. The simplest method to minimize ride breakdowns is by establishing a reasonable set of internal controls that will be able to efficiently overcome the problem. Under the component of control activity‚ Legoland can implement three features of
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