V. Internal Control & Banking Relationship Basic Controls Internal control refers to a system of financial checks and balances designed to minimize errors or misappropriation of assets‚ maximize the detection if it occur and protect the association overall. It is the treasurer’s responsibility to safeguard the assets of the association by ensuring these controls are in place. One of the basics of good internal control is that no one person handles all aspects of any financial transaction
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Dr. Clifford Brown ABC CASE AC603 ABC MANUFACTURING COMPANY( due 10/8/2010) “If I were to price this crankshaft any lower than $225‚” said Mike Brunner‚ manager of ABC Company’s Machining division‚ “I’d be countermanding my order of last month for our sales staff to stop shaving their bids and to bid full cost plus quotations. I’ve been trying for weeks to improve the quality of our business‚ and if I turn around now and accept this job at $195 or $200 or something less than $225‚ I’ll be
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Executive Summary The following report relates to the internal controls of Woolworths‚ and will look to describe and analyse them with the use of flow charts. The report will then move onto give details of an audit program that has been designed to test the internal controls of Woolworth’s accounts payable. Moreover‚ possible ways of how controls could be overridden as well as how the overall system could be realistically improved will also be discussed within the report. Business Introduction
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Case Study - 4. Superior Manufacturing Company Description: The Superior Manufacturing Company received a net loss income statement for a good business year (2004). The Company has only 3 products and lots of competitors with similar products. The manager thinks the product 103 should be dropped for its high cost which could not be cut down‚ and the product 102 has an increasing demand. Also‚ the managers want to make a price reduction. However‚ they find that the costs are too high to support the
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B1 – Ethics‚ fraud and internal control at Bern Fly Company The main purpose that a good internal control must fulfil is to protect the firm’s assets from fraud and theft. As we can see from the description of Bern Fly Company’s case‚ the internal control within the company leaves much to be desired. As it can be read in the case the salespersons get commission promptly after each order taken by their customers without any control to check if that order is real or only a fictitious one. This
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You are a manager at Winsome Manufacturing Company‚ a company that produces plastic storage containers and sells them to the home consumer through home sales events. At the company’s quarterly meeting‚ the head of marketing described a new product to be introduced in the first quarter of the next fiscal year‚ approximately nine months from now. The product will be a room-sized plastic storage unit suitable to the outside of the home; it is similar to a competitor’s product but will have significantly
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Obtaining an understanding of internal control allows auditor’s to identify the types of material misstatements that could occur in the financial statements‚ consider the factors that affect the risk of material misstatements‚ and design substantive tests. An auditor obtains the understanding from researching the clients business. An auditor will take inquires from management and personnel‚ observe client activities and operations‚ walk-through the business‚ and inspect client documents and records
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system. | | | Both produce almost all of their respective informational reports on a routine monthly basis. | | | Both provide relevant and useful information to management. | 2 points Question 4 Carlson Manufacturing is a producer of plastic bottles for bottled water companies. In July of this year‚ the plant manager switched to a new supplier of raw materials. The materials have a lower cost‚ and because of their
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from the company and fully intend to return the assets at a future date‚ or a belief that the company doesn’t really “need” the assets and won’t even realize they are missing. In the context of facility management and property management‚ the risk of fraud does not usually relate to theft of real property‚ inventory‚ or other physical assets‚ but rather to the misappropriation of cash. These risks include the diversion of funds such as rental payments prior to their receipt by the company‚ or by
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During the second half of the year‚ the company increased the price of the goods. As a result the company suffered a decrease in sales but its total revenue increased due to the increasing prices. This could be explained by the fact that the company did not maximize its profit during the first half of the year‚ the price and sales of the company is not at equilibrium and products are being sold at a price lower than equilibrium. At the second of the year‚ due to an increase in price the sales volume
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