Justification for an Internal Control System ACC 544 Justification for an Internal Control System Introduction According to A. A. Gramling in the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance‚ internal control can be described as “any action taken by an organization to help enhance the likelihood that the objectives of the organization will be achieved.” There are several approaches to risk management in an organization – the portfolio approach and the use of insurance are two. Both
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Internal Control Being that LJB Company is still a small company with faith in their long term employees puts LJB in an advantage over competitors. Having long term employees show and express the loyalty towards the company. There is one advantage of LJB Company being a small firm as we are approaching our initial public offering. Because of some small issues that will need to be resolved as per internal control requirements‚ LJB being a small firm it should be easier to bring change with implementation
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Revenue Cycle and Control Activities The revenue cycle for many companies is considered the primary source to earn revenue from the sale of goods or service. Good controls must be established to maintain the effectiveness of receivables and credit sales‚ not doing so can harm the company and might be costly to the business. Six classes of internal controls guides us in evaluating and designing transaction processing. They are authorization‚ supervision‚ segregation of duties‚ access control‚ independent
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Cash Flow Preparation FIN/200 September 8‚ 2011 Axia College of University of Phoenix WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT – CASH FLOW PREPARATION 1. Prepare a statement of cash flows for the Widget Corporation. Follow the general procedures indicated in Table 2–10. ___________________________________________________________________ WIDGET CORPORATION Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31‚ 2008 Sales $2‚200‚000 Cost of goods sold 1‚300‚000 Gross profits 900‚000 Selling and administrative
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Published Article-Sox Institute 12/2008 The Essence of Internal Control A statement on policy and procedures issues as they relate to managements views and /or findings with regard to OMB A-123 audits. Writing position papers on justification of actions taken has raised some questions about control. There seems to be a shift in the mind set of managers now that Section 404 of Sox’s (documentation) has really kicked in with compliance performance of the financial managers responsibility
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Report: Control Measures | February 14 2013 | Grade 12- Accounting | | Stock holding and security Brittany Fashions is an international company which supplies young women with modern clothing and accessories. In order to make sure this business will be successful in South Africa a criteria has to be met to ensure the businesses stability. Brittany Fashions will be importing their clothing and accessories from a supplier in China‚ this is due to the high costs involved when selecting
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Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls ACC/544 April 29‚ 2013 Christine Errico Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls Internal controls are methods a company implements to safeguard and protect the company in its day-to-day operations as well as its financial information. To ensure these controls are effective and performing properly a company must evaluate these controls. In performing this evaluation a company should use the three phases of the control evaluation. These phases
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Running Head: EVALUATING INTERNAL CONTROLS Evaluating Internal Controls Internal Control Systems – ACC/544 Stephanie Booth Robert Cornett University of Phoenix September 29‚ 2014 Evaluating Internal Controls An organization’s internal controls are comprised of five components‚ which include: the control environment‚ risk assessment‚ control activities‚ monitoring‚ and information and communication. The five
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Calculations The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the discount rate used in the discounted cash flow analysis. Usually‚ the WACC is the weighted average of the cost of debt (Kd) and the cost of equity (Ke)‚ since debt and equity are the most common sources of funds for the companies. In general‚ the formula for WACC is the following: As implied by the formula itself‚ if a company does not have interest-bearing debts‚ then its WACC would equal
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