early January 20X2. Your answer choice for the next two questions should be selected from this list. For each of transfers a through d indicate whether cash is understated‚ unaffected‚ or overstated by the transfer and provide a brief example of what could cause the situation in which cash is either understated or overstated. a. Unaffected. b. Unaffected. c. Understated. Although there are a number of possible situations‚ one is that in which a check is written on the disbursing bank on the last
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Task 3: Internal control 1. What do you think is the primary problem at the Sunshine Center? There where no financial reports or summaries of the cash flows. Probably‚ Barb wasn’t fare about the payments. Because there was no financial report it was not clear where all the money went to. 2. Why is accountability important to the Sunshine Center Committee? The director? Cli ents of the Sunshine Center? Church members? It is so important to the committee so they can check if the
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technique‚ utility software and the audit-expert system. It also brings up issues that the auditor may encounter‚ suggests the recommendations to overcome the issues‚ and the barriers/ challenges when using CAATs. II. Introduction In general‚ the objective and scope of an audit do not change when it is conducted using a computer. The objective is still to determine if the financial statements issued by the management of a business accurately and adequately conform to generally accepted accounting
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New Jersey. It was a classic example of inside hack attack‚ whereas a former employee intentionally launched a logic bomb that permanently caused irreparable damage‚ destroying more than a thousand programs in the matter of a few seconds. Omega Engineering was a thriving defensive manufacturing company in the 1990s; it used more than 1‚000 programs to produce various products with 500‚000 different designs for their customers‚ including NASA and the U.S. Navy (Lin‚ 2006). It was the morning of
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In accounting and auditing‚internal control is defined as a process effected by an organization’s structure‚ work and authority flows‚ people and management information systems‚ designed to help the organization accomplish specific goals or objectives.[1] It is a means by which an organization’s resources are directed‚ monitored‚ and measured. It plays an important role in preventing and detecting fraud and protecting the organization’s resources‚ both physical (e.g.‚ machinery and property) and
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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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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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Revenue Cycle and Control Activities The revenue cycle for many companies is considered the primary source to earn revenue from the sale of goods or service. Good controls must be established to maintain the effectiveness of receivables and credit sales‚ not doing so can harm the company and might be costly to the business. Six classes of internal controls guides us in evaluating and designing transaction processing. They are authorization‚ supervision‚ segregation of duties‚ access control‚ independent
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Internal Control and Risk Evaluation Since offering suggestions for Kudler earlier this month‚ the request has been received to analyze the risks involved. Suggestions included: improving functions of inventory‚ accounts receivable‚ accounts payable‚ and the payroll system with any company. When inventory is involved‚ it is important to maintain accurate records. This will be done for Kudler through automation‚ enhancement‚ and maintenance of the inventory. The risks involved in this change
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Case Study (Knapp book): Dollar General Stores Questions 1-4 Weekly Assignment: Textbook (Boynton book): Complete and submit the following questions for grading: 14-26 14-28 15-23 15-27 16-24 16-33 14-26 (Analytical procedures) the following data was taken from the production and account ing records for Casuccio Manufacturing‚ Inc. Unaudited 20X9 Audited 20X8 Audited 20X7 Operating Data Capacity in Units 450‚000 450‚000 450‚000 Production in Units 450‚000 400‚000 300‚000 Inventory in Units
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