Date: 1/22/2012 Re: LJB Internal Control Analysis Dear John, In regards of your company going public, you must be informed that under the Sarbanes Oxley Act all publicly traded U.S. corporations are required to maintain an adequate system of internal control. These internal controls are reliable and effective and if your company fails to comply, it will be a subject to fines, and company officers can be imprisoned. There are five primary components of internal control which must be applied when
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Differences and Duties of Internal and External Auditors When fraud occurs in a company, executives and investors seek the advice of auditors to determine how the fraudulent activity occurred. Though the internal and external auditors are encouraged to follow the same code of ethics and professional codes of conduct, their core responsibilities are significantly different. According to our text, which references the Institute of Internal Auditors, “the scope of internal auditor responsibilities
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Internal Controls are a growing issue for compliance of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) (Kimmel,Weygandt & Keiso, 2009). Under SOX all companies publicly traded will maintain an adequate system of internal controls (Kimmel, Weygandt & Keiso, 2009). Some of the internal controls characteristics include, control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information/communication, and monitoring. According to Roadmap for an IPO, private companies pondering on going public should consider
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Internal Controls LJB Company Name Submitted to ACCT504 Accounting & Finance: Managerial Use & Analysis School: Submitted: Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the internal controls at the LJB Company and what is required before going public. We will touch base on IT Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley and COBIT, highlight items that LJB is doing right as well as those items LJB is doing wrong and a few improvements along the way. Company Overview
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The auditor should evaluate the design effectiveness of controls by determining whether the entity's controls, if they are applied as prescribed by persons possessing the necessary authority and competence to perform the control effectively, satisfy the entity's control objectives, and can effectively prevent, or detect and correct misstatements caused by errors or fraud that could result in material misstatements in the financial statements. Procedures performed to evaluate design effectiveness
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Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls ACC/544: Internal Control Systems Comprehensive Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls As defined by the COSO framework, there are five elements that are used to explain an internal control system applied in an organization. These elements include: 1. Control Environment – The control environment is the foundation for the other four components of internal control. It outlines discipline and structure for the internal control method and consists
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The weaknesses in internal control over cash disbursements at Idaho Company are; 1. Checks are not pre-numbered, 2. More than one person is authorized to issue checks, 3. Unissued checks are not locked in a safe or locked cabinet. My recommendations to improve company procedures for internal control over cash disbursements are; there should only be one specified individual such as a treasurer authorized to sign checks. There should never be two people authorized for check signing. Make sure
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To: The President of LJB Company Subject: Recommendations on Internal Control Policies at LJB Company. Responsibility: The recommendations herewith are designed to give assistance the President of LIB Company to establish the presence of integrity, ethics, competence and a positive control environment. Findings: After an audit of the existing policies of control in LJB Company, these are the finding of some points to improve. The predisposition is to optimize the procedures and the results
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INTRODUCTION Internal control, the strength of every organization, has become of paramount importance today in Nigerian banks. The reason being that the control systems in any organization is a pillar for an efficient accounting system. The need for the internal control systems in the organizations, especially banks, cannot be undermined, due to the fact that the banking sector, which has a crucial role to play in the economic development of a nation is now being characterized by macro economic
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ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM Ascertaining Internal Control System Methods of ascertaining the control systems are summarized as follows: * Examining previous audit work, * Client’s own documentation of the system, * Interviews with client’s staff, * Tracing transactions, * Examining client’s documents, * Observation of procedures. a. Examining previous audit work: The audit work should provide a record of the previous audit and how the
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