What does it mean to say that internal control has limitations and what are these limitations?

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
10th Edition
ISBN:9781259964947
Author:Libby
Publisher:Libby
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1Q
icon
Related questions
Question
100%

1. What does it mean to say that internal control has limitations and what are these limitations?

2. Provide an appropriate response based on the following scenarios.

Assume that the accounting clerk posts a customer’s payment for the wrong amount, giving the customer credit for less than he or she actually paid. How will this error be detected? How might this error have been prevented? 

Assume that the employee who opens the mail steals a customer payment. How will this theft be detected? How might this theft have been prevented?

3. What is petty cash and what purpose(s) does it serve? 

4. What types of controls should be in place to make sure people in the office don't just take from petty cash (for their own personal use) whenever they feel like it? In your opinion, what is an appropriate amount to have in petty cash? 

5. Prepare the necessary journal entries for each of the following:

        (a) On March 1, issued a check to establish a petty cash fund of $1,410

        (b) On April 1, the amount of cash in the petty cash fund is $440. Issued a check to replenish the fund, based on the following summary of petty cash receipts: repair expense, $850, and miscellaneous selling expense, $80. Record any missing funds in the cash short and over account.

6. What is the difference between an account receivable and a note receivable? 

7. What is the formula for calculating interest on a note receivable?

8. Please calculate the interest on a $10,000, 120-day, 12 percent note. Once you have determined the interest amount, briefly explain what it means. When does the interest get recorded?

Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Frauds in Accounting information system (AIS)
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259964947
Author:
Libby
Publisher:
MCG
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337272094
Author:
WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337619202
Author:
Hall, James A.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Accounting
ISBN:
9780134475585
Author:
Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher:
PEARSON
Intermediate Accounting
Intermediate Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259722660
Author:
J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259726705
Author:
John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education