Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
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ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.1AP
(a)
To determine
Internal control: Internal control is a process which ensures continuous reliability of accomplishment of a company’s objectives, related to operations, financial reporting, and in conformity with laws and regulations.
Internal control principles:
- Authorizing the responsibility
- Segregation of duties
- Documenting and recording transactions
- Physical controls
- Periodic independent verification
- Human resource controls
To identify: The internal control principles and the application of those principles to cash receipts of Theatre G
(b)
To determine
To explain: The actions of doorperson and cashier involving to steal cash, in collaboration
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