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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Correcting internal control weaknesses
Each of the following situations has an internal control weakness.
a. Upside-Down Applications develops custom programs to customers’ specifications.
Recently, development of a new program stopped while the programmers
redesigned Upside-Down’s accounting system. Upside-Down’s accountants could
have performed this task.
b. Norma Rottler has been your trusted employee for 24 years. She performs all cashhandling
and accounting duties. Norma just purchased a new luxury car and a new
home in an expensive suburb. As owner of the company, you wonder how she
can afford these luxuries because you pay her only $30,000 a year and she has no
source of outside income.
c. Izzie Hardwoods, a private company, falsified sales and inventory figures in order
to get an important loan. The loan went through, but Izzie later went bankrupt and
could not repay the bank.
d. The office supply company where Pet Grooming Goods purchases sales receipts
recently notified Pet Grooming Goods that its documents were not prenumbered.
Howard Mustro, the owner, replied that he never uses receipt numbers.
e. Discount stores such as Cusco make most of their sales in cash, with the remainder
in credit card sales. To reduce expenses, one store manager ceases purchasing
fidelity bonds on the cashiers.
f. Cornelius’s Corndogs keeps all cash receipts in an empty box for a week because
the owner likes to go to the bank on Tuesdays when Joann is working.
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.
The Scott Sun & Shade Company had the following financial data at December 31, 2018:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 60,000
Total current liabilities 75,000
What is the cash ratio as of December 31, 2018, for Scott Sun & Shade?
List internal control procedures related to e-commerce.
Preparing a bank reconciliation and journal entries
The October 31 bank statement of Wyndham’s Healthcare has just arrived from State
Bank. To prepare the bank reconciliation, you gather the following data:
a. The October 31 bank balance is \(6,290.
b. The bank statement includes two charges for NSF checks from customers. One is
for \)370 (#1), and the other is for \(180 (#2).
c. The following Wyndham’s checks are outstanding at October 31:
Check No. Amount
237 \) 120
288 140
291 570
294 570
295 30
296 110
d. Wyndham’s collects from a few customers by EFT. The October bank statement
lists a \(2,200 EFT deposit for a collection on account.
e. The bank statement includes two special deposits that Wyndham’s hasn’t recorded
yet: \)900 for dividend revenue and \(100 for the interest revenue Wyndham’s
earned on its bank balance during October.
f. The bank statement lists a \)80 subtraction for the bank service charge.
g. On October 31, the Wyndham’s treasurer deposited \(270, but this deposit does
does not appear on the bank statement.
h. The bank statement includes a \)750 deduction for a check drawn by Multi-State
Freight Company. Wyndham’s notified the bank of this bank error.
i. Wyndham’s Cash account shows a balance of $3,200 on October 31.
Requirements
1. Prepare the bank reconciliation for Wyndham’s Healthcare at October 31, 2018.
2. Journalize any required entries from the bank reconciliation. Include an explanation for each entry.
Identifying internal control weakness in cash receipts
Seawind Productions makes all sales on credit. Cash receipts arrive by mail. Justin
Broadway, the mailroom clerk, opens envelopes and separates the checks from
the accompanying remittance advices. Broadway forwards the checks to another
employee, who makes the daily bank deposit but has no access to the accounting
records. Broadway sends the remittance advices, which show cash received, to
the accounting department for entry in the accounts. Broadway’s only other duty
is to grant sales allowances to customers. (A sales allowancedecreases the customer’s
account receivable.) When Broadway receives a customer check for \(600 less a
\)30 allowance, he records the sales allowance and forwards the document to the
accounting department.
Requirements
1. Identify the internal control weakness in this situation.
2. Who should record sales allowances?
3. What is the amount that should be shown in the ledger for cash receipts?
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