GEN COMBO COLLEGE ACCOUNTING; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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ISBN: 9781260087376
Author: M. David Haddock Jr. Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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How would I do this? You have been hired as the new controller for Acme Business Products. You discover that there are no formal procedures in place for processing cash receipts from customers. Your staff consists of the following: you, one general ledger accountant, one accounts receivable staff, one accounts payable staff, and one administrative assistant. Compose your responses to the following in the form of a narrative: A. Develop a step-by-step process for the intake, deposit, recording, and reconciling of cash payments received from customers. Be sure to defend your rationale for each step of your process. B. Provide recommendations as to who in your office should perform which process tasks. Why are these the most appropriate assignments? a) Predict the impact that would take place if one of your staff left and another were on leave. Recommend temporary adjustments to the process that would be necessary if this took place.
Island Trading Co., a client of your CPA firm, has requested your advice on the following problem. It has three clerical employees who must perform the following functions:
(1) Maintain general ledger.
(2) Maintain accounts payable ledger.
(3) Maintain accounts receivable ledger.
(4) Maintain cash disbursements journal and prepare checks for signature.
(5) Issue credit memos on sales returns and allowances.
(6) Reconcile the bank account.
(7) Handle and deposit cash receipts.
Assuming that there is no problem as to the ability of any of the employees, the company requests your advice on assigning the above functions to the three employees in such a manner as to achieve the highest degree of internal control. It may be assumed that these employees will perform no other accounting functions than the ones listed and that any accounting functions not listed will be performed by persons other than these three employees.
a. List four possible unsatisfactory combinations of the…
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GEN COMBO COLLEGE ACCOUNTING; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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