Question

You oversee the $250 petty cash for your company. When an employee needs a special item that is not in inventory, you take money from petty cash to purchase that item.
One day, you are short on cash for lunch. You decide to borrow $10 each day for the next 3 days until payday for a total of $30 from petty cash. After payday, you do not have enough to repay petty cash, so you decide to record a cash short/over expense of $30.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Since this is the first time you have ever done this, is this a problem?
If so, what steps should be taken to fix this problem? If not, why not?

Answer 1

Answer:

Since this is the first time you have ever done this, is this a problem?

Of course this is a problem, you stole money. Stealing money is not right and it is a problem. If someone finds out, you will lose your job. legally, you could also be prosecuted, but the amount is very little. Another problem is that if you are able to go unpunished and no one finds out, this behavior will continue until you cannot hide it anymore. By then , the amount might be larger, not just a few dollars, and you will be in deep trouble.

If so, what steps should be taken to fix this problem? If not, why not?

Pay back the money you took. Simple as that. Sometimes, doing the correct thing is not difficult. Do not spend money on unnecessary things and pay the $30. Do it before this becomes a bad habit and you get into serious trouble that seriously damage your career. No company will hire someone fired for stealing money form their previous employer.