Internal Control Procedures: Accounting Assignment

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This assignment evaluates five internal control procedures at The Beat Company. It helps you understand good and weak internal control principles.

What's inside

  • Several individuals operating the cash register
  • Monthly bank reconciliation by an independent person
  • Ellen May writing checks and recording cash payments
  • Separate individuals for ordering inventory and authorizing payments
  • Unnumbered sales invoices forwarded every four weeks

Who it is for: Students taking an accounting course. (Undergraduate)

#acc 280 #accounting assignment #accounting principles #internal controls

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Summary

Internal control procedures are ways to keep a business safe. Students learn how to spot good and bad internal control in a business.

The Beat Company's Procedures

The Beat Company has five procedures for handling money and goods. Students decide whether each procedure is good or bad.

Internal Control Principles

Students learn about principles of internal control. They decide which principle is followed or violated by each procedure.

Good and Bad Control

Students decide whether each procedure is good or bad. They say which principle is followed or violated.

The Table

Students fill in a table. They say whether each procedure is good or bad. They say which principle is followed or violated.

Key terms

Internal control
Rules and steps to keep a business safe.
Establishment of responsibility
One person does one job.
Independent internal verification
One person checks another's work.
Segregation of duties
Different people do different jobs.
Documentation procedures
Rules for keeping records.
Cash register
A machine for taking payments.

Questions this document helps with

  • What is internal control?
  • How do you spot good internal control?
  • What is a cash register?

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