AFM291 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Bank Reconciliation, Cash Flow, Accounts Payable

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10 Oct 2018

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University of Waterloo

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Accounting & Financial Management

Course

AFM291

Professor

Forbes Burkowski

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Subject to insignificant risks of change in value: e. g. savings account, term deposit with maturity of three months or less, two criteria. Funds that are readily accessed to settle debts: no restrictions on purpose. Little risk of changes in value: exclusions, cash designated for a specific purpose. Bank reconciliation: ties the amount of cash according to a company"s records and the amount according to the bank that holds its funds, reasons to prepare a bank reconciliation, understand why the two sets of records differ. Identify bookkeeping errors by either entity: contribute to internal control over cash, two steps, begin with the bank balance and adjust for reconciling items to arrive at the corrected cash balance. Add deposits in transit, subtract cheques: begin with the company"s balances and adjust for reconciling items to arrive at the corrected cash balance. Transactions that affect cash that have not yet been recorded by the reporting entity.

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4)Managers place a high priority on internal control systems because the systems assistmanagers in all of the following except:

A)Protecting assets.

B)Urging adherence to company policies.

C)Promoting efficient operations.

D)Ensuring reliable accounting.

E)Assuring that no loss will occur.

5)A properly designed internal control system:

A)Insures profitable operations.

B)Eliminates the need for an audit.

C)Is not necessary if the company uses a computerized system.

D)Requires the use of non-computerized systems.

E)Lowers the company's risk of loss.

6)A company's internal control system:

A)Eliminates the need for audits.

B)Eliminates the need for managers' certification of controls.

C)Monitors company and employee performance.

D)Eliminates human error.

E)Eliminates the company's risk of loss.

7)The impact of technology on internal controls includes:

A)Elimination of fraud.

B)Elimination of the need to bond employees.

C)Reduced processing errors.

D)Elimination of separation of duties.

E)Elimination of the need for regular audits.

8)Internal control systems are:

A)Required only if a company plans to engage in interstate commerce.

B)Developed by the Internal Revenue Service for all U.S. companies.

C)Required by Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) to be documented and certified if the

company's stock is traded on an exchange.

D)Developed by the Securities and Exchange Commission for public companies.

E)Developed by the Small Business Administration for non-public companies.

9)Cash equivalents:

A)Include 6-month certificates of deposit.

B)Are short-term, highly liquid investment assets.

C)Include money orders.

D)Include checking accounts.

E)Are recorded in petty cash.

10)Cash equivalents meet all of the following criteria except:

A)Include short-term investments purchased within 3 months of their maturity

dates.

B)Are readily convertible to a known cash amount.

C)Have a market value that is not sensitive to interest rate changes.

D)Include short-term U.S. treasury bills.

E)Are more liquid than cash.

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The independent auditor is allowed to use a specialist for evaluating a complicated financial transaction provided the specialist is

knowledgeable and independent of the audit client.

approved by the client's board of directors.

all of the above.

acceptable to the PCAOB.

Inappropriately dating transfers of funds between bank accounts to cover shortages of cash is properly referred to as

Cash equivalents

represent current assets that can be converted to cash within a year or an operating cycle, whichever is shorter.

include only cash and highly liquid investments that are virtually free of risk.

should be reported as investments and not be included as cash on the balance sheet.

typically exclude money market funds and treasury bills.

A cut-off bank statement primarily is used to

determine whether reconciling items on the year-end bank reconciliation have cleared the bank.

prepare a year-end bank reconciliation.

test for kiting.

confirm the year-end balance of cash.

An imprest cash account

typically is used for many large miscellaneous disbursements.

typically earns large amounts of interest.

is another name for the general cash account of an organization.

is an account containing a stipulated amount of money to be used for a specific purpose.

An auditor may estimate the appropriate amount of interest expense to be recorded by an audit client by multiplying the average debt by the average interest rate. If the auditor's estimate is considerably larger than the client's recorded interest expense this would be evidence of a potential

failure of the client to accrue interest expense at year end.

the violation of significant loan covenants.

overstatement of recorded interest expense.

understatement of long-term debt.

Internal controls over fixed assets in a smaller entity

usually include authorization by the board of directors.

typically will be very similar to internal controls over other assets within the entity.

must be the same as in larger entities.

are of little importance since fixed assets are not subject to theft or misuse.

A change in depreciation methods employed by an audit client resulting in a material change in depreciation expense

is not necessarily a violation of generally accepted accounting principles.

requires disclosure by the audit client in the footnotes to the financial statements.

must be noted in the audit opinion due to lack of consistency.

is properly described by all of the listed statements.

Auditors typically assess inherent risk for material accounts requiring significant estimates as

Which of the following loans from an audit client, which is a financial institution, made in accordance with the normal lending practices of the financial institution would impair the CPA's independence?

A loan fully secured by certificates of deposit from the same financial institution.

A credit card loan in which the balance carried forward each month does not exceed $9,000.

An automobile loan secured by the automobile.

A home loan equal to less than 50% of the home's value and collateralized by the home.

A CPA has obtained some original records from a client during the course of an audit engagement. At the completion of her audit according to the proper professional standards the client fired the CPA and demanded that the CPA return all of his original records immediately. Under these circumstances which of the following statements is most correct according to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct?

The CPA may hold the original records she obtained until the client pays for the services she has completed.

The CPA must return only the original records of the client upon demand regardless of the circumstances.

The CPA must return all original records and all copies of original records of the client upon demand regardless of the circumstances.

This is a matter of state law and not a matter covered by the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.

AFM291 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Bank Reconciliation, Cash Flow, Accounts Payable

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