Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems
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ISBN: 9781337619202
Author: Hall, James A.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Explain the given situation that does not represent the segregation of function.

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which, if any of the following situations represents improper segregation of functions? Explain your answer. a. the billing department prepares the customers' invoices and records the sale in the sales journal b. The mailroom clerk opens a cash receipt envelopes from customers and also prepared the remittance risk c. Accounting clerk receives journal vouchers from various departments and also posts to the GL accounts d. The sales department approves sales credit memos as the result of product returns and forwards these to the AR department, which adjusts the customer accounts to reflect the return.
explain whether they are considered improper segregation of functions? a. The billig department prepares the customers, invoices and records the sale in the sales journal b. Mailroom clerk open cash receipts envelopes from customers and also prepares the remittance list. c. Accounting clerk recives journal vouchers from various departments and post togeneral ledger accounts d. The sales department approves sales credit memos as the result of production returns and forwards these to the Account Receivable department, which adjusts the customer accounts to reflect the return.
1. SEGREGATION OF FUNCTIONS to the AR department, which adjusts the customer Which, if any, of the following situations represents improper segregation of functions? Explain your accounts to reflect the return. answer. a. The billing department prepares the customers' invoices and records the sale in the sales journal. b. Mail room clerk opens cash receipts envelopes from customers and also prepares the remittance list. c. Accounting clerk receives journal vouchers from various departments and also posts to the GL accounts. d. The sales department approves sales credit memos as the result of product returns and forwards these

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