Professional Documents
Culture Documents
23.
Personnel must be carefully selected and trained.
24.
Personnel should be bonded, especially those in a position
of trust.
25.
Personnel should be rotated.
26.
Operating instructions must be reduced into writing.
27.
Do not exaggerate double entry accounting.
28.
Use of controlling accounts.
29.
Use of mechanical or electronic equipment, if feasible.
Steps in Considering the Entitys Internal Control System
30.
Obtain understanding of the internal control
31.
Document the understanding of accounting and internal
control systems.
32.
Assess the level of control risk
33.
Perform tests of controls
34.
Document the assessed level of control risks
Evidence
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39.
It is the foundation of effective internal control,
providing discipline and structure.
Control environment
40.
These are policies and procedures that help ensure
that management directives are carried out.
Control activities
41.
These activities encompass the physical security of
assets, including adequate safeguards.
Physical controls
42.
It is the process of assessing the quality of internal
control performance over time.
Monitoring
43.
It involves assigning different people the
responsibilities of authorizing transactions, recording
transactions and custody of assets.
Segregation of duties
44.
It involves the examination of documents and
records to provide evidence of reliability depending on
their nature and source.
Inspection
45.
The document in which internal control weaknesses
together with other matters of concern are documented.
Management letter