Chapter 7: Q7RQ (page 411)
What are some limitations of internal controls?
There are four limitations of the internal controls.
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In 100 words or fewer, explain why there may be a difference between the bank statement ending cash balance and the ending balance in the Cash account. Give at least two examples of adjustments to the bank balance and the book balance.
Question: For each of the following items, determine whether the item would be:
a. added to the bank balance
b. subtracted from the bank balance
c. added to the book balance
d. subtracted from the book balance
11. Interest revenue earned
12. NSF check
13. Deposit in transit
14. Service charge
15. Outstanding check
Understanding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and identifying internal control strengths and weaknesses. The following situations suggest a strength or a weakness in internal control.
a. Top managers delegate all internal control procedures to the accounting department.
b. Accounting department staff (or the bookkeeper) orders merchandise and approves invoices for payment.
c. Cash received over the counter is controlled by the sales clerk, who rings up the sale and places the cash in the register. The sales clerk matches the total recorded by the register to each day’s cash sales.
d. The employee who signs checks need not examine the payment packet because he is confident the amounts are correct.
Requirements
1. Define internalcontrol.
2. The system of internal control must be tested by external auditors. What law or rule requires this testing?
3. Identify each item in the list above as either a strength or a weakness in internal control, and give your reason for each answer.
How do businesses control cash receipts over the counter?
Identifying internal control weakness in cash receipts
Pendley Productions makes all sales on credit. Cash receipts arrive by mail. Larry
Chipello, the mailroom clerk, opens envelopes and separates the checks from the
accompanying remittance advices. Chipello forwards the checks to another employee,
who makes the daily bank deposit but has no access to the accounting records.
Chipello sends the remittance advices, which show cash received, to the accounting
department for entry in the accounts. Chipello’s only other duty is to grant sales
allowances to customers. (A sales allowancedecreases the customer’s account receivable.)
When Chipello receives a customer check for \(575 less a \)45 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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