Auditing And Assurance Services
Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Identify which situation out of the given options in the question is not an example of limitation of internal control.

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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)…
Collusion is an intentional act of two or more employees to accomplish theft of company assets. Which control activity is designed to make fraud less likely because it would require collusion among employees?    A. Adequate documents and records  B. Clearly defined authority and responsibility  C. Safeguards over assets and records  D. Segregation of duties
Two very common ways that employees commit fraud against their employers is the misstatement of reimbursable expense accounts and the misuse of office supplies for personal purposes. Although these schemes are usually not individually significant, their magnitude can be damaging if these practices are widespread. Please comment on these types of fraud (and other examples of employee fraud) and what internal controls they would put in place in an organization to curb this activity.
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