Chapter 7, Problem 7.6AP

(a)

To determine

Bank reconciliation: Bank statement is prepared by bank. The company maintains its own records from its perspective. This is why the cash balance per bank and cash balance per books seldom agree. Bank reconciliation is the statement prepared by company to remove the differences and disagreement between cash balance per bank and cash balance per books.

Internal control: 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.

Internal control principles:

• Authorizing the responsibility
• Segregation of duties
• Documenting and recording transactions
• Physical controls
• Periodic independent verification
• Human resource controls

To prepare: Bank reconciliation of Company D as at October 31, 2017.

(b)

To determine

To state: Any three ways by which B would have tried to conceal the theft, along with the dollar amount.

(c)

To determine

To indicate: The internal control principles violated in the given case