ACCOUNTING AND FINACIAL REPORTING Group Project FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Due January 30‚ 2013 1. Focused on parts: 2 Balance Sheet and 3 Income Statement 2. Focused on parts: 1 General Information 3. Focused on parts: 4 Evaluation of the Corporation’s Disclosures 4. Focused on parts: ……………… (Although each member may focus on some specific parts for report preparation
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Justification for an Internal Control System Pamela Kaminski ACC/544 April 25‚ 2011 Adriane Treasure Justification for an Internal Control System Insurance and portfolio approaches are good controls‚ but they are not enough to protect the company from risks. As a controller I encourage you and your leadership team to increase the internal controls in the company. The insurance and portfolio approaches will
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requirements of AAT Learning and Assessment Area ‘Internal Control and Accounting Systems.’ | |The objectives of this report are to: | |a)analyse accounting system and effectiveness of its internal control | |b) to identify the strengths and weaknesses of accounting system and to recommend necessary improvements or funding
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Internal Control Definition Internal control is broadly defined as a process‚ effected by an entity’s board of trustees‚ management‚ and other personnel‚ designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in the following categories: 1. Effectiveness and efficiency of operations 2. Reliability of financial reporting 3. Compliance with applicable laws and regulations 4. Safeguarding of assets Internal control consists of five interrelated components:
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Table of Contents STAGE B: ASSESSING THE PRELIMINARY LEVEL OF CONTROL RISK 2 ASSESSING CONTROL RISK 2 Assessing control risk below the maximum level 5 Assessing Inherent Risk …………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………5 Relationship Between the Assessments of Inherent and Control Risks…………………………..……..……6 Identifying Specific Controls Relevant to Specific Assertions………………………………………………..……..6 Types of Control Activities that Relate to Financial Statement Assertion……………………………..……..7 STAGE C: OBTAINBING EVIDENTIAL
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Debit Card Transactions Richard Collard Senior Business Lead and SME - Market Development ILOG‚ Software Sales‚ IBM Sales and Distribution Fraud Prevention and Detection Page 2 Contents Preface 2 Preface Over the past 20 years‚ financial institutions‚ governments‚ insurers and retailers have seen an explosion in the amount and types of fraud perpetrated against them. In the United Kingdom alone‚ card-fraud losses in 2006 totaled €620.6 million (£428 million) and while this total
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Information Systems ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS‚ INTERNAL CONTROLS‚ AND ETHICS Prepared for the course team by Vimlesh B. Narayan Unit 1 Contents Unit 1 Contents 2 Concept Map 3 Learning Outcomes 4 1.1 Introduction 5 1.2 Accounting System Design 6 System Objectives and Design Factors 6 Designing the System 8 1.3 Internal Control Systems 17 Objectives of Internal Control Systems 17 Structure of Internal Control Systems 18 Why You Should Consider the Components? 21 Internal Control Principles
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Justification for an Internal Control System Ginger Lankford Internal Control Systems ACC544 Robert J. Cornett‚ MBA October 4‚ 2010 Justification for an Internal Control System Businesses need an efficient and cost-effective internal control system even with insurance and a portfolio approach control in place. Insurance is necessary and the portfolio approach is very effective but is more reactive than preventive. Internal control sets the foundation to ascertain reasonable assurance
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Discuss the effect of the Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting on current UK financial reporting practice. The ASC was set up in the 1970’s‚ where at the time there was no clear statement of accounting principles‚ accept that the accounts should be prudent; consistent; follow the accrual accounting procedures and be based on the assumption that the entity would remain a going concern. Up until 1990 standards were set by the ASC; a body made up of six professional accounting bodies
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Financial Statements for Internal Reporting Purposes vs. Financial Statements for External Reporting Purposes It is common in most companies to maintain two set of financial statements; one being used/presented for internal reporting purposes and another for reporting externally. Internal reports are used primarily to aid management in the decision making process throughout the course of the business. These are subject to internal audit to make sure that all information reported are fair and correct
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