Celtic Imports is an importer of silver, brass, and furniture items from Ireland. Eileen Sullivan is the

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Celtic Imports is an importer of silver, brass, and furniture items from Ireland. Eileen Sullivan is the general manager of Celtic Imports. Sullivan employs two other people in the business. Mary McNicholas serves as the buyer for Celtic Imports. In her work McNicholas travels throughout Ireland to find interesting new products. When McNicholas finds a new product, she arranges for Celtic Imports to purchase and pay for the item. She helps the Irish artisans prepare their invoices and then faxes the invoices to Sullivan in the company office.
Sullivan operates out of an office in Boston, Massachusetts. The office is managed by Margaret Sweeney, who handles the mail, keeps the accounting records, makes bank deposits, and prepares the monthly bank reconciliation. Virtually all of Celtic Imports cash receipts arrive by mail-from sales made to Target, Pier 1 Imports, and Macys.
Sweeney also prepares checks for payment based on invoices that come in from the suppliers who have been contacted by McNicholas. To maintain control over cash payments, Sullivan examines the paperwork and signs all checks.

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1. Identify all the major internal control weaknesses in Celtic Imports system and how the resulting action could hurt Celtic Imports. Also state how to correct each weakness.

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ISBN: 978-0136108863

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Authors: Walter T. Harrison, Charles T. Horngren, William Bill Thomas

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