Internal Audit Report for ABC Company Abstract The purpose of this report is to notify the accounting department about an accounting error that was discovered in a recent audit. Because of a weak internal control system‚ an adjusting entry for prepaid insurance was not recorded for the first three months in the amount of $500 per month. This report will identify three limitations of the internal control system‚ it will identify and explain two examples of internal control procedures‚ find symptoms
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effective internal control over their investments. a. Describe the functions that should be segregated to provide good internal control over financial investments. b. Describe two other internal control policies that should be established for financial investments. a. The functions that should be segregated with respect to financial investments are: 1. Authorization of purchases and sales‚ 2. Custody of the securities‚ and 3. Maintaining records of investments. b. Other internal controls include
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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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AUDIT GUIDELINES Level 1 General IT audit approach COBIT Framework Audit Process Requirements Control Observations Generic Audit Guideline Level 2 Process audit guidelines Level 3 Audit attention points to complement detailed control objectives J Detailed Audit Guidelines J Local Conditions sector specific criteria industry standards platform specific elements detailed control techniques used AUDIT PROCESS REQUIREMENTS Having defined what we are going to audit and provide assurance
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Calculate the following ratios for 20x9‚ 20x8 and 20x7: a. Sales to total assets b. Sales to production c. Revenue per unit sold d. Accounts receivable growth to sales growth e. Uncollectable accounts expense to net credit sales f. Uncollectable accounts expense to accounts receivable written off g. Accounts receivable turn days 2. a. Describe the implications of the resulting ratios for the auditor’s audit strategy for year 20x9. b. What specific audit objectives are likely to be misstated? c. How should
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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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well as a file containing a memo of audit conclusions for the audit of the fixed asset cycle‚ and a memo on prepaid assets and other asset conclusions‚ as well as leadsheets for fixed assets and prepaid assets. Your memo contained excellent conclusions‚ including inconsistencies in the useful life of real property‚ computer equipment‚ and production equipment. You noted inconsistencies in depreciation method for various asset categories based on Apollo Shoes accounting guidelines. Regarding R&D
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purpose as system flowcharts b) Are different from system flowcharts since they focus on a logical view of the information system c) Are useless for planning a new system d) Are never used in analyzing an existing system 8. All of the following are controls for end-user computing except:
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Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. Potential for Fraud Memo September 24‚ 2014 There are a few “red flags” that have come to my attention while reviewing the minutes provided to me from Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. For starters‚ in our first meeting we requested to meet with the predecessor‚ and was told by Mr. Unum who is the Vice President of finance‚ they would rather we not speak to them. When a company refuses to have the current auditor speak with the previous auditor this always throws up a red flag. Another red
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When does employee fraud occur? It is commonly accepted that the presence of the three elements of the “Fraud Triangle” increases the risk of employee fraud: Motivation: The employee is somehow motivated to commit a fraud. Economic factors such as personal financial distress‚ substance abuse‚ gambling‚ overspending‚ or other similar addictive behaviors may provide motivation. The current national economic recession may serve to increase the incidence of such financial motivations. Opportunity:
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