This document evaluates internal control weaknesses in payroll processing and fixed assets. For payroll processing, it identifies a lack of segregation of duties, supervision of timecards, accounting for cash disbursements, access controls over payroll checks, and independent verification of payroll payments. For fixed assets, it notes accounting records are not shared between departments for tracking asset changes. Suggestions are provided to address each weakness.
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CH 6 Evaluate Internal Control Weaknesses
This document evaluates internal control weaknesses in payroll processing and fixed assets. For payroll processing, it identifies a lack of segregation of duties, supervision of timecards, accounting for cash disbursements, access controls over payroll checks, and independent verification of payroll payments. For fixed assets, it notes accounting records are not shared between departments for tracking asset changes. Suggestions are provided to address each weakness.
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Evaluate Internal Control Weaknesses
A. Payroll Processing
NO Element Weakness Suggestion
1 Segregation of duties - There is no time-keeping - Need time-keeping to function avoid the dishonesty of time in the time card 2 Supervision - There is no a supervision - Need time-keeping to who control employee control the employee’s time card, not directly giving the time card to the manager by employee its self 3. Accounting record - There’s no an outflow - Each cash out flow need voucher recorded by cash to be record to know the disbursement department amount of cash that are paid for payroll 4. Access control - There is no access control - Need an access control in payroll check from paymaster to avoid the manipulation of check by dishonest clerk in payroll department 5. Independent verification - There is no paymaster to - Need paymaster to make make the check check distribution and distribution and verification become well verification become bad. to avoid issued the check for the employee who is not work anymore.
B. Fixed Asset
NO Element Weaknesses Suggestion
1 Accounting record - Account payable didn’t - The FA change report get the copy of FA should be send to AP change report dept to avoid the loss of audit track
MS. TERRI DICKERSON DIRECTOR, COAST GUARD OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS ON THE COAST GUARD’S CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAM BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COAST GUARD AND MARINE TRANSPORTATION U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 18, 2009