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Internal Control Case
For each of the following independent cases, state the highest level of deficiency that you believe the circumstances represent-a control deficiency, a signicant deficiency, or a material weakness. Explain your decision in each case.
Case 1: The company processes a significant number of routine intercompany transactions. Individual intercompany transactions are not material and primarily relate to balance sheet activity-for example, cash transfers between business units to finance normal operations. A formal management policy requires monthly reconciliation of intercompany accounts and confirmation of balances between business units. However, there is not a process in place to ensure performance of these procedures. As a result, detailed reconciliations of intercompany accounts are not performed on a timely basis Management does perform monthly procedures to investigate selected large-dollar intercompany account differences. In addition, management prepares a detailed monthly variance analysis of operating expenses to assess their reasonableness.
Case 2: During its assessment of internal control over financial reporting, management identified the following deficiencies. Based on the context in which the deficiencies occur, management and the auditors agree that these deficiencies individually represent significant deficiencies:
· Inadequate segregation of duties over certain information system access controls.
· Several instances of transactions that were not properly recorded in the subsidiary ledgers: the transactions involved were not material, either individual or in the aggregate.
· No timely reconciliation of the account balances affected by the improperly recorded transactions.
Case 3: The company uses a standard sales contract for most transactions, although sales personnel are allowed tomodify sales contract terms as necessary to make a pro table sale. Individual sales transactions are not material to theentity. The company's accounting personnel review significant or unusual modifications to the sales contract terms, butthey do not review changes in the standard shipping terms. The changes in the standard shipping terms could require adelay in the timing of revenue recognition. Management reviews gross margins on a monthly basis and investigates anysignificant or unusual relationships. In addition, management reviews the reasonableness of inventor ‘S levels at the endof each accounting period. The company has experienced limited situations in which revenue has been inappropriatelyrecorded in advance of shipment, but amounts have not been material.
Case 4: The company has a standard sales contract, but sales personnel frequently modify the terms of the contract. Salespersonnel frequently grant unauthorized and unrecorded sales dis counts to customers without the knowledge of theaccounting department. These amounts are deducted by customers in paying their invoices and are recorded asoutstanding balances on the accounts receivable aging. Although these amounts are individually insignificant, they are material in the aggregate and have occurred consistently over the past few years.
Case 5: The company has found it necessary to restate its financial statements for the past two years due to a materialoverstatement of revenues two years ago (and an equal understatement last year). The errors are due to sales of certainsoftware that allowed the purchasers extremely lenient rights of return. The errors were discovered shortly following theend of the current accounting year. Members of management indicated that the misstatements occurred because theysimply didn't know the accounting rule. Now they know the rules and they won't let it happen again.
Case 6: Assume the same facts exist as in Case (5) except that you, the auditor, have identified the misstatements at theend of June of the year currently under audit. Members of management acknowledged that the misstatements occurredbecause they simply didn't know the rules at the time, and now they know the years. Management, within the last sixmonths of the year under audit, hired a new financial accounting expert and believes that the control weakness has been
corrected as of year-end. Management believes that it is extremely unlikely that such a misstatement could occur againwith the new expert reviewing these matters.
Case 7: Assume the same facts exist as in Case (6), except that management has informed the chief financial officer thatshe must watch over these matters much more carefully. She has attended several CPE courses on accounting and seemsto be caught up in the area in which the misstatements occurred.
Case 8: Subsequent to year-end, the auditors have determined that they believe that management has understated itswarranty obligations. The auditors know that, according to the Professional Standards, they should consider the differencebetween management's estimate and the closest reasonable estimate as "likely misstatement." The chief financial officer(CFO) has argued that this amount is reasonable. Yet, in fact, neither the auditors nor the CFO knows which amount isright. The CFO is under no particular pressure to meet an earnings forecast; he just thinks that the warranty obligations formany of the products will expire and will not be exercised. Still, the CFO can't convince the auditors. Likewise, the auditorscan't convince the CFO of their position. The CFO finally agrees to a material adjustment to get to the auditor's amountand "keep the peace."
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