The following procedures were recently installed by Sacha's Company: a. The accounts payable clerk prepares a voucher

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The following procedures were recently installed by Sacha's Company:
a. The accounts payable clerk prepares a voucher for each disbursement. The voucher along with the supporting documentation is forwarded to the treasurer's office for approval.
b. After necessary approvals have been obtained for the payment of a voucher, the treasurer signs and mails the check. The treasurer then stamps the voucher and supporting documentation as paid and returns the voucher and supporting documentation to the accounts payable clerk for filing.
c. Along with petty cash expense receipts for postage, office supplies, etc., several postdated employee checks are in the petty cash fund.
d. At the end of the day, cash register clerks are required to use their own funds to make up any cash shortages in their registers.
e. All mail is opened by the mail clerk, who forwards all cash remittances to the cashier.
The cashier prepares a listing of the cash receipts and forwards a copy of the list to the accounts receivable clerk for recording in the accounts.
f. At the end of each day, any deposited cash receipts are placed in the bank's night depository.
g. At the end of each day, an accounting clerk compares the duplicate copy of the daily cash deposit slip with the deposit receipt obtained from the bank.
h. The bank reconciliation is prepared by the cashier, who works under the supervision of the treasurer.

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Indicate whether each of the procedures of internal control over cash represents
(1) A strength
(2) A weakness. For each weakness, indicate why it exists.

Accounts Payable
Accounts payable (AP) are bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.This is a standard accounting term, one of the most common liabilities, which normally appears in the balance sheet listing of liabilities. Businesses receive...
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324401844

22nd Edition

Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan E. Duchac

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