20-17 (Objective 20-3) The following questions concern internal controls in the payroll and personnel cycle. Choose the best response. * a. A factory foreman at Steblecki Corporation discharged an hourly worker but did not notify the human resources department. The foreman then forged the worker’s signature on time cards and work tickets and, when giving out the checks, diverted the payroll checks drawn from the discharged worker to his own use.
If applicable, make changes to the employee payroll record such as file changes, new employee forms or new hired employee, and timesheets. File changes include: address changes, payroll deduction changes, income tax form changes and voluntary deduction changes. 3. Timesheets Review and Signature Approval. Review the changes that made for accuracy.
Nick had started out his career as a strike-force Agent; their basic function was to uncover possible criminal activities. Their duties often consisted of undercover work. The book explains some terms used in the industry along with some statistics, and IRS history. For example, in 1998 Congress prohibited financial status or economic reality techniques to determine the existence of unreported income unless an agent has a reasonable indication that there is a likelihood of unreported income. The targets of Special Agents who work for TIGTA are dishonest Treasury Department employees, as well as government officials and employees.
Why should organisations collect, file and maintain accurate financial records? To have a record of how the business is running. To determine how the business is sitting financially and to inspire different processes to assist in growing the business. It will also display what money is going where and whether there is any room for alterations in staffing, produce, and marketing. Basically, it is used to anaylse the business as a whole and per section and to determine performance.
* Segregation of duties * Segregation bank accounts * Daily account monitoring and reconciliation * Management and protection of user access and account information * Bank security services * Use bank’s multi-factor authentication tools 4. Forged endorsement schemes and altered payee schemes both involve the theft of outgoing checks that are intended for third parties for some legitimate purpose (e.g., a check payable to a vendor for services rendered). In this respect, these schemes differ from other forms of check tampering, in which the check is usually drafted by the perpetrator for a fraudulent purpose. Discuss how this distinction affects the way in which forged endorsement and altered payee schemes must be concealed. * The fraudster has the authority to sign checks
It would need to be reviewed and signed off on by all responsible officers. A step that should be included is periodic internal audits of the financial data. An audit of that nature would review the accounting records and supporting documentation to verify accuracy of the financial records. You could do this by employing an Internal Auditor or my having McGladrey, LLC. complete an audit of all the financial data on a yearly basis.
Materiality is defined by the FASB as an omission that would affect a normal person by a misstatement such as using earnings management to skew the true earnings or revenue. This calls in to play the unethical behavior that earnings management places on the public (violating AICPA Code of Professional Ethics). SOX further required management and accountants to be cognizant of the material errors that financial misstatement and false reporting could have from an ethical standpoint. It holds them accountable for all financial reporting from their company. This includes criminally and financial accountability.
The Internal revenue service does allow the cash method of accounting if certain criteria are met because tax laws change frequently it is essential to contact a CPA if a business owner decides to use cash basis of accounting. In conclusion both methods of accounting are great to use for a business it just depends on how you as a business owner would like to keep
This report will explain how all three conditions were present in Anna’s actions, how Max and Company failed to uphold quality, and describe Anna’s background. Body In the Maxwell case three elements where present that allowed fraudulent activities to occur in the Rusher Automotive company. The first element discovered was opportunity. Maxwell & Company assigned one accountant, Anna Thomas, to this client, Rusher Automotive. Anna did all bookkeeping work, recording journal entries, preparing checks for bills financial statement reporting for this client and she also did regular daily work like taking the deposit to the bank for the client.
3. Are the main vendors' account balances verified against the vendors' balances from their own records, at least once per year? Payroll: 1. Are employee addresses and bank account numbers (for direct deposit) checked through accounting software at periodic intervals, to determine that there are no two employees with the same bank account number (which would indicate a fake employee, also called a ghost employee)? 2.