Financial Accounting
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781337272124
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Question
Chapter 11, Problem 15E
To determine
Identify whether Restaurant B has internal controls to catch the payroll error.
To determine
Identify the way to detect the payroll error.
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solutionStudents have asked these similar questions
<
Internal control procedures
Dave's Scooters is a small manufacturer of specialty scooters. The company employs 14 production workers and four administrative persons. The following procedures are used to
process the company's weekly payroll:
a. Whenever an employee receives a pay raise, the supervisor must fill out a wage adjustment form, which is signed by the company president. This form is used to change the
employee's wage rate in the payroll system.
b. All employees are required to record their hours worked by clocking in and out on a time clock. Employees must clock out for lunch break. Due to congestion around the time
clock area at lunch time, management has not objected to having one employee clock their entire department in and out.
c. Whenever a salaried employee is terminated, Personnel authorizes Payroll to remove the employee from the payroll system. However, this procedure is not required when an
hourly worker is fired. Hourly employees only receive a paycheck if their…
Matt Demko is the loading dock supervisor for a dry cement packaging company. His work crew is composed of unskilled workers who load large transport trucks with bags of cement, gravel, and sand. The work is hard, and the employee turnover rate is high. Employees record their attendance on separate time cards. Demko authorizes payroll payments each week by signing the time cards and submitting them to the payroll department. Payroll then prepares the paychecks and gives them to Demko, who distributes them to his work crew. a. Prepare a systems flowchart of the procedures described here. b. Identify any control problems in the system. c. What sorts of fraud are possible in this system?
Dave’s Scooters is a small manufacturer of specialty scooters. The company employs 14 production workers and four administrative persons. The following procedures are used to process the company’s weekly payroll:a. Whenever an employee receives a pay raise, the supervisor must fill out a wage adjustment form, which is signed by the company president. This form is used to change the employee’s wage rate in the payroll system.b. All employees are required to record their hours worked by clocking in and out on a time clock. Employees must clock out for lunch break. Due to congestion around the time clock area at lunch time, management has not objected to having one employee clock in and out for an entire department.c. Whenever a salaried employee is terminated, Personnel authorizes Payroll to remove the employee from the payroll system. However, this procedure is not required when an hourly worker is fired. Hourly employees only receive a paycheck if their time cards show hours worked.…
Chapter 11 Solutions
Financial Accounting
Ch. 11 - Does a discounted note payable provide credit...Ch. 11 - Employees are subject to taxes withheld from their...Ch. 11 - Prob. 3DQCh. 11 - Prob. 4DQCh. 11 - Prob. 5DQCh. 11 - Prob. 6DQCh. 11 - Prob. 7DQCh. 11 - Prob. 8DQCh. 11 - When should the liability associated with a...Ch. 11 - Prob. 10DQ
Ch. 11 - Proceeds from notes payable On May 15, Maynard Co....Ch. 11 - Proceeds from notes payable On January 26, Nyree...Ch. 11 - Prob. 2PEACh. 11 - Prob. 2PEBCh. 11 - Prob. 3PEACh. 11 - Prob. 3PEBCh. 11 - Journalize period payroll The payroll register of...Ch. 11 - Journalize period payroll The payroll register of...Ch. 11 - Journalize payroll tax The payroll register of...Ch. 11 - Journalize payroll tax The payroll register of...Ch. 11 - Prob. 6PEACh. 11 - Prob. 6PEBCh. 11 - Prob. 7PEACh. 11 - Prob. 7PEBCh. 11 - Quick ratio Nabors Company reported the following...Ch. 11 - Quick ratio Adieu Company reported the following...Ch. 11 - Current liabilities Bon Nebo Co. sold 25,000...Ch. 11 - Entries for notes payable Cosimo Enterprises...Ch. 11 - Entries for discounting notes payable Ramsey...Ch. 11 - Evaluating alternative notes A borrower has two...Ch. 11 - Entries for notes payable A business issued a...Ch. 11 - Entries for discounted note payable A business...Ch. 11 - Entries for notes payable Bull City Industries is...Ch. 11 - Prob. 8ECh. 11 - Calculate payroll An employee earns 25 per hour...Ch. 11 - Prob. 10ECh. 11 - Summary payroll data In the following summary of...Ch. 11 - Payroll tax entries According to a summary of the...Ch. 11 - Payroll entries The payroll register for Gamble...Ch. 11 - Prob. 14ECh. 11 - Prob. 15ECh. 11 - Prob. 16ECh. 11 - Accrued vacation pay A business provides its...Ch. 11 - Prob. 18ECh. 11 - Prob. 19ECh. 11 - Prob. 20ECh. 11 - Accrued product warranty General Motors...Ch. 11 - Prob. 22ECh. 11 - Quick ratio Gmeiner Co. had the following current...Ch. 11 - Prob. 24ECh. 11 - Liability transactions The following items were...Ch. 11 - Entries for payroll and payroll taxes The...Ch. 11 - Wage and tax statement data on employer FICA tax...Ch. 11 - Prob. 4PACh. 11 - Payroll accounts and year-end entries The...Ch. 11 - Prob. 1PBCh. 11 - Entries for payroll and payroll taxes The...Ch. 11 - Wage and tax statement data and employer FICA tax...Ch. 11 - Prob. 4PBCh. 11 - Payroll accounts and year-end entries The...Ch. 11 - Prob. 3CPPCh. 11 - Ethics in Action Tonya Latirno is a staff...Ch. 11 - Prob. 2CPCh. 11 - Communication WBM Motorworks is a manufacturer of...Ch. 11 - Recognizing pension expense The annual examination...Ch. 11 - Prob. 7CP
Knowledge Booster
Similar questions
- Employees at the Sagerod Manufacturing Company record their hours worked on paper time cards that are inserted into a time clock machine at the beginning and end of each shift. On Fridays, the supervisor collects the time cards, reviews and signs them, and sends them to the payroll clerk. The clerk calculates the pay for each employee and updates the employee earnings file. This involves adding a new record for each employee in the pay period that reflects the employee’s gross pay, tax deductions, and other withholdings for the period. The clerk then prepares a paycheck for each employee and records them in the check register. The check register and corresponding paychecks reflect each employee’s net earnings for the period. Based on these records, the clerk prepares a payroll summary, which is sent with the paychecks to the cash disbursements clerk. The clerk reviews the payroll summary, updates the cash disbursements journal to record the total payroll, and prepares a check for the…arrow_forward7. REA MODEL—CRYOGENICS’ PAYROLL SYSTEM Based on the general information about Cryogenics Inc., in Problem 6, the following describes the com- pany’s payroll procedures for the Tulsa OK, operations. Twice each month Cryogenics’ employees submit their time cards to their respective supervisor, who reviews, approves, and submits them to the payroll department. At that time, the human resources clerk also submits a personnel action form to the payroll clerk. The payroll clerk enters the information from these source documents into the employee records and then adds the employee hours to a payroll regis- ter reflecting employee pay rates, deductions, and job classification. One copy of the payroll register, along with the time cards, is filed in the payroll department, and one copy is sent to the AP depart- ment. Next, the payroll clerk prepares the employee paychecks and the payroll register and sends them to the cash disbursements department. The cash disbursement clerk signs the checks…arrow_forwardQuestion: wages and payroll the following system is used in a business regarding payment of the weekly wages to its 20 employees " the pay clerk prepares 20 correctly Labelled, sealed pay envelope and placed them next to the time book every Friday morning. When the employees come in the morning to sign the time book they pick their pay envelopes.' reqiured: please answer this question by: a) with reference to the above, identify one weakness of the system.arrow_forward
- Automated Application Controls. The following provides a brief description of the computerized payroll system used by Merriman in its biweekly processing of payroll for its employees.1. Employees automatically record their attendance (hours worked) as they log in at thebeginning and end of the workday.2. At the end of each payroll period (every two weeks), employees print and authorizetheir attendance records, submitting them to their supervisor. The computer prenumbersthese attendance records and generates them in chronological order based on when theemployee submits his or her final attendance for that payroll period.3. Supervisors review the attendance records submitted by their employees and authorizethese records, which the supervisors then forward to data entry conversion operators.4. Data conversion operators input the attendance record number, employee number, andhours worked from the attendance records that have been approved by the employeesupervisors into a file to be used…arrow_forwardPayroll Register and Payroll Journal Entry Mary Losch operates a travel agency called Mary’s Luxury Travel. She has five employees, all of whom are paid on a weekly basis. The travel agency uses a payroll register, individual employee earnings records, and a general journal. Mary’s Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table. Refer to Figure 8-4 in the text. The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22, 20—, are shown. Employees are paid 1½ times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week. Name No. ofAllowances MaritalStatus Total HoursWorked Mar. 16–22 Rate Total EarningsJan. 1–Mar. 15 Bacon, Andrea 4 M 45 $12.00 $5,540.00 Cole, Andrew 1 S 40 12.00 5,860.00 Hicks, Melvin 3 M 44 10.50 4,960.00 Leung, Cara 1 S 35 11.00 5,144.50 Melling, Melissa 2 M 40 13.00 4,732.00 Social Security tax is withheld from the first $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city earnings tax at…arrow_forwardPayroll Register and Payroll Journal Entry Mary Losch operates a travel agency called Mary’s Luxury Travel. She has five employees, all of whom are paid on a weekly basis. The travel agency uses a payroll register, individual employee earnings records, and a general journal. Mary’s Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table. Refer to Figure 8-4 in the text. The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22, 20—, are given. Employees are paid 1½ times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week. Name No. ofAllowances MaritalStatus Total HoursWorked Mar. 16–22 Rate Total EarningsJan. 1–Mar. 15 Bacon, Andrea 4 M 44 $14.00 $6,300.00 Cole, Andrew 1 S 40 15.00 6,150.00 Hicks, Melvin 3 M 44 13.50 5,805.00 Leung, Cara 1 S 36 14.00 5,600.00 Melling, Melissa 2 M 40 14.50 5,945.00 Social Security tax is withheld from the first $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city…arrow_forward
- Payroll Register and Payroll Journal Entry Mary Losch operates a travel agency called Mary’s Luxury Travel. She has five employees, all of whom are paid on a weekly basis. The travel agency uses a payroll register, individual employee earnings records, and a general journal. Mary’s Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table. Refer to Figure 8-4 in the text. The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22, 20—, are given. Employees are paid 1½ times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week. Name No. ofAllowances MaritalStatus Total HoursWorked Mar. 16–22 Rate Total EarningsJan. 1–Mar. 15 Bacon, Andrea 4 M 44 $14.00 $6,300.00 Cole, Andrew 1 S 40 15.00 6,150.00 Hicks, Melvin 3 M 44 13.50 5,805.00 Leung, Cara 1 S 36 14.00 5,600.00 Melling, Melissa 2 M 40 14.50 5,945.00 Social Security tax is withheld from the first $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city…arrow_forwardPayroll Register and Payroll Journal Entry Mary Losch operates a travel agency called Mary’s Luxury Travel. She has five employees, all of whom are paid on a weekly basis. The travel agency uses a payroll register, individual employee earnings records, and a general journal. Mary’s Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table. Refer to Figure 8-4 in the text. The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22, 20—, are given. Employees are paid 1½ times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week. Name No. ofAllowances MaritalStatus Total HoursWorked Mar. 16–22 Rate Total EarningsJan. 1–Mar. 15 Bacon, Andrea 4 M 44 $14.00 $6,300.00 Cole, Andrew 1 S 40 15.00 6,150.00 Hicks, Melvin 3 M 44 13.50 5,805.00 Leung, Cara 1 S 36 14.00 5,600.00 Melling, Melissa 2 M 40 14.50 5,945.00 Social Security tax is withheld from the first $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city…arrow_forwardPAYROLL REGISTER AND PAYROLL JOURNAL ENTRY Mary Losch operates a travel agency called Mary'sLuxury Travel. She has five employees,all of whom are paid on a weekly basis.The travel agency uses a payroll register, individual employee earnings records, and a generaljournal . Mary's Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table like the one in Figure 8-4 on pages 288 and 289.The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22,20-, are given below_ Employees are paid 1Y,times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week. $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city earnings tax at the rate of 1%, both applied to gross pay.Bacon and Leung have $15 withheld and Cole and Hicks have $10 withheld for health insurance.Bacon and Leung have$20 withheld to be invested in the travel agency's credit union. Cole has $38.75 withheld and Hicks has $18.75 withheld under a savings bond purchase plan. Mary's Luxury…arrow_forward
- The payroll department is asked to make a payroll summary of the workers employed by A-Z Company. The two workers, Jane and Max work for the selling department and the rest for admin department . Jane also contributes $45 to Canada Bond Saving and has instructed the employer to deduct from her pay. Each worker contributes $25 for Union Dues and $55 for hospital insurance. Further information is given to the accountant. Weekly Pay Employees Hours worked Hourly rate $ John 52 28 Jane 43 35 Max 47 42 REQUIRED Calculate the following Gross salary of each worker Tax to be deducted if the rate is 18% Employment insurance for both employee and employer [1.87%] Canada pension for both employee and employer [4.95%] Make a schedule for the employees using the format. Journalize the pay roll information of employees only. Calculate the total contributions that the employer has to make on his employees in terms of CPP and EIarrow_forwardWhen employees arrive for work at Harlan Manufacturing, they punch their time cards at a time clock in an unsupervised area. Mary, the time-keeping clerk, tries to keep track of the employees but is often distracted by other things. Every Friday, she submits the time cards to Marsha, the payroll clerk.Marsha copies all time cards and files the copies in the employees’ folders. She uses employee wage records and tax tables to calculate the net pay for each employee. She sends a copy of the payroll register to the accounts payable department and files a copy in the payroll department. She updates the employee records with the earnings and prepares the payroll summary and sends it to the cash disbursements department along with the paychecks.After receiving the payroll summary, John, an accounts payable clerk, authorizes the cash disbursements department to prepare paychecks. John then updates the cash disbursements journal. The treasurer signs the paychecks and gives them to the…arrow_forwardRaspberry Co. operates an electric power station, which produces electricity 24 hrs a day, seven days a week. The company’s year-end is 30 June 18. You are an audit manager of Grapefruit & Co, the auditor of Raspberry Co. The interim audit has been completed and you are reviewing the documentation describing Raspberry Co’s payroll system. Systems notes – payroll Raspberry Co employs over 250 people and approximately 70% of the employees work in production at the power station. There are three shifts every day with employees working eight hours each. The production employees are paid weekly in cash. The remaining 30% of employees work at the head office in non-production roles and are paid monthly by bank transfer. The company has anHR department, responsible for setting up all new joiners. Pre-printed forms are completed by HR for all new employees and, once verified, a copy is sent to the payroll department for the employee to be set up for payment. This form includes the staff…arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
- Century 21 Accounting Multicolumn JournalAccountingISBN:9781337679503Author:GilbertsonPublisher:CengagePrinciples of Cost AccountingAccountingISBN:9781305087408Author:Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria R. MitchellPublisher:Cengage Learning
- Financial And Managerial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781337902663Author:WARREN, Carl S.Publisher:Cengage Learning,Financial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781337272124Author:Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan DuchacPublisher:Cengage Learning
Century 21 Accounting Multicolumn Journal
Accounting
ISBN:9781337679503
Author:Gilbertson
Publisher:Cengage
Principles of Cost Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781305087408
Author:Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria R. Mitchell
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Financial And Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781337902663
Author:WARREN, Carl S.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,
Financial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781337272124
Author:Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher:Cengage Learning