Answer: Options A and C are strengths while options B and D are weaknesses. See explanation below.
Explanation:
a. All employees must take at least five consecutive days off each year.
This is a strength in internal control. This would help to maintain stability in operational process and ensure leave days are effectively utilized. It also prevents staff from taking the leave days in piecemeal and sporadic manner thereby disrupting the operational process and causing team instability. It is also used to ensure leave days are promptly utilised and well accounted for.
b. The accounting department orders merchandise and approves invoices for payment.
This is a weakness in internal control. There should be a check and balance in this regard. In some organizations, proper scrutiny of the vendor and invoice is done by the Procurement Unit and the Expense Control Unit respectively. Even within the accounting department, there is approval hierarchy. Also, the unit within accounting department that is making the order should not be the one to approve the transaction.
c. Cash received over the counter is controlled by the sales clerk, who rings up the sale and places the cash in the register. The daily sales are recorded in the accounting records by the accounting department.
This is a strength in internal control as it ensures checks and balances. Fraud and error can be detected through this means. The accounting department should verify the transactions to the relevant supporting document before recording the transaction in the system.
d. The officer who signs checks need not examine the payment packet because he is confident the amounts are correct.
This is a weakness in internal control in the sense that checks signed by the officer is binding in the court of law. The officer cannot claim ignorance if anything goes wrong. There is therefore a need for proper scrutiny and relevant questions asked before checks are signed.
Answer:
To make balance sheet we first have to calculate net income/net profit for the year.
<em><u>Net profit Calculation</u></em>
Service revenue $ 13,524
Insurance expense ($ 718
)
Depreciation expense ($ 4,876)
Interest expense ($ 2,392)
Profit $ 5,538
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Balance Sheet
Asset
Non-Current Asset
Land $56,304
Buildings $97,336
Accumulated depreciation—buildings ($41,952)
Equipment $75,808
Accumulated depreciation—equipment ($17,222)
Total non Current Asset $170,274
Current Asset
Cash $10,893
Accounts receivable $11,592
Prepaid insurance $2,944
Current Asset $25,429
Total Asset $195,703
Equity
Common stock $55,200
Retain Earning (36,801+5,538) $42,339
Total Equity $97,539
Liability
Non-Current Liability
Current Liability
Accounts payable $8,740
Notes payable $86,112
Interest payable $3,312
Total Current Liability $98,164
Total Liability + Equity $195,703
Answer:
The journal entry is shown below.
Explanation:
According to the scenario, the journal entry for the given data are as follows:
Journal entry
Jul.4 Cash A/c Dr $147
Card charges A/c Dr. $3
To Sales revenue A/c $150
(Being card transaction is recorded)
Computation:
Cash = $150 - 2% × $150 = $147
Card charges = $150 × 2% = $3
Answer:
1. Overhead incurred during the year;
= Depreciation on manufacturing plant and equipment + Property taxes on plant + Plant Janitors wages
= 485,000 + 19,000 + 9,500
= $513,500
2. The under or over allocation depends on how much manufacturing overhead was allocated to jobs for the year.
= Actual machine hours * Overhead rate
Overhead rate = Manufacturing overhead cost / Allocated Machine hours
= 570,000 / 71,250
= $8
Allocated Manufacturing Overhead = 57,000 * 8
= $456,000
The allocated manufacturing overhead is more than the actual overhead. This means that it is Underallocated and the company did not budget enough for the overheads.
Underallocation = 513,500 - 456,000
= $57,500
