Chapter 7: Q18RQ (page 412)
What does the cash ratio help determine, and how is it calculated?
To determine the ability of the company to pay current liabilities.
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When are the only times the Petty Cash account is used in a journal entry?
What are the five components of internal control? Briefly explain each component.
Applying internal control over cash receipts by mail. Review the internal controls over cash receipts by mail presented in the chapter. Exactly what is accomplished by the final step in the process, performed by the controller?
Correcting internal control weaknesses
Each of the following situations has an internal control weakness.
a. Jade Applications has decided that one way to cut costs in the upcoming year is to
fire the external auditor. The business believes that the internal auditor should be
able to efficiently monitor the company’s internal controls.
b. In an effort to minimize the amount of paperwork, Ross Homes has decided that it
will not keep copies of customer invoices related to sales revenue. Ross believes that
this effort will minimize the amount of data storage the company will have to pay for.
c. Elle Bee, a trusted employee for many years, has never taken a vacation. The owner
believes that he’s lucky that she is so committed to her job.
d. The Medicine Chest Company keeps a small petty cash fund to handle small cash
transactions. Because no one wants to volunteer to be the custodian, the business
manager has decided that all employees should have access to the petty cash. She
figures that as long as each employee fills out a petty cash ticket, then there are
proper controls in place.
e. Due to the cost of maintaining the security cameras, Wings and More has decided
that it will remove the cameras that monitor the cash register.
f. Bryan Miller, manager of Hardware Emporium, prides himself on hiring
exceptionally skilled employees who need no training to do their jobs.
Requirements
1. Identify the missing internal control characteristics in each situation.
2. Identify the possible problem caused by each control weakness.
3. Propose a solution to each internal control problem.
Journalizing credit card sales 2018
Sep. 1 Recorded National Express credit card sales for \(96,000, net of processor fee of 1%. Ignore Cost of Goods Sold.
15 Recorded ValueMax credit card sales of \)80,000. Processor charges a 1.5% fee. ValueMax charges the fee at the end of the month, therefore Marathon uses the gross method for these credit card sales. Ignore Cost of Goods Sold.
30 ValueMax collected the fees for the month of September. Assume the
September 15 transaction is the only ValueMax credit card sale. Journalize all entries required for Marathon Running Shoes.
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