Horngren's Accounting (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133856781
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem E9.15E
E9-15 Identifying and correcting internal control weakness
| Learning Objective 1 |
Suppose The Right Rig Dealership is opening a regional office in Omaha. Cary Regal, the office manager, is designing the internal
• The credit department runs a credit check on all customers who apply for credit. When an account proves uncollectible, the credit department authorizes the write-off of the accounts receivable.
• Cash receipts come into the credit department, which separates the cash received from the customer remittance slips. The credit department lists all cash receipts by customer name and amount of cash received.
• The cash goes to the treasurer for deposit in the bank. The remittance slips go to the accounting department for posting to customer accounts.
• The controller compares the daily deposit slip to the total amount posted to customer accounts. Both amounts must agree.
Recall the components of internal control. Identify the internal control weakness in this situation, and propose a way to correct it.
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Identifying and correcting internal control weakness
Suppose The Right Rig Dealership is opening a regional office in Omaha. Cary Regal, the office manager, is designing the internal control system. Regal proposes the following procedures for credit checks on new customers, sales on account, cash collections, and write-offs of uncollectible receivables:
The credit department runs a credit check on all customers who apply for credit. When an account proves uncollectible, the credit department authorizes the write- off of the accounts receivable.
Cash receipts come into the credit department, which separates the cash received from the customer remittance slips. The credit department lists all cash receipts by customer name and amount of cash received.
The cash goes to the treasurer for deposit in the bank. The remittance slips go to the accounting department for posting to customer accounts.
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E8-12 Understanding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and identifying internal c
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.
E8-14
Learning Objective 1
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 th
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 be
is confident the amounts are correct.
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Requirements
1. Define internal control.
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…
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E9-15 Identifying and correcting internal control weakness
Suppose The Right Rig Dealership is opening a regional office n Omaha. Cary Regal
the office manager, is designing the internal control system. Regal proposes the follow
ing procedures for credit checks on new customers, sales on account, cash collections
and write-offs of uncollectible receivables:
ective 1
The credit department runs a credit check on all customers who apply for credit
When an account proves uncollectible, the credit department authorizes the write-
off of the accounts receivable.
Cash receipts come into the credit department, which separates the cash received
from the customer remittance slips. The credit department lists all cash receipts by
customer name and amount of cash received.
The cash goes to the treasurer for deposit in the bank. The remittance slips go to
the accounting department for posting to customer accounts.
The controller compares the daily deposit slip to the total amount posted to…
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