Accounting
27th Edition
ISBN: 9780357155899
Author: Carl S. Warren; James M. Reeve; Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.7EX
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Internal Control: Internal control refers to the policies, and plans of the business organization along with other measures with a view to safeguard its assets, encourage the employees to adhere to the plans, to improve on the operational efficiency, and to ensure correct and reliable accounting information. 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. The following are the some of the internal control procedures:
- Competent personnel, rotating duties, and mandatory vacations
- Separating responsibilities for related operations
- Separating operations, custody of assets, and accounting
- Proofs and security measures
To state: The general internal control weakness contributed to the fraud.
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