Survey Of Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259631122
Author: Edmonds, Thomas P.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 4, Problem 5E
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Identify an internal control procedure that could have prevented the company’s losses and explain the manner in which the procedure would have stopped the embezzlement.
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Exercise 6-3 (Algo) Internal control strengths and weaknesses LO C1
Determine whether each procedure described below is an internal control strength or weakness; then identify the internal control principle violated or followed for each procedure.
An employee cannot approve their own request for purchases of inventory.
Several salesclerks share the same cash drawer.
Employees that handle easily transferable assets such as cash are bonded.
The company devotes resources towards keeping accurate accounting records for machinery.
The company saves money by having employees involved in operations perform the only review of internal controls.
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