Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems
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ISBN: 9781337619202
Author: Hall, James A.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 4, Problem 12DQ
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Explain whether a sales clerk should be authorized to override the denial of customer credit, if such denial is concluded by an automated credit checking function. Also, explain the circumstances when override can take place.

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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?
What would a credit manager do if a sales order received caused a customer to exceed its credit limit?
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)…

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