Internal Control Procedures for Cash Receipts Do Not Require That

question 27

Multiple Choice

Internal control procedures for cash receipts do not require that:

• A)Custody over cash is kept separate from its recordkeeping.
• B)All collections for sales are received immediately upon making the sales.
• C)Clerks having access to cash in a cash register should not have access to the register tape or file.
• D)An employee with no access to cash receipts should compare the total cash recorded by the register with the record of cash receipts reported by the cashier.
• E)Cash sales should be recorded on a cash register at the time of each sale.

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Definitions:

Straight-Line Depreciation

A method for dispersing the expense of a physical asset over its viable life in regular yearly sums.

Cash Flow

The total amount of money being transferred into and out of a business, particularly in terms of liquidity and financial stability.

Capital Budgeting

The process businesses use to evaluate and select long-term investments, such as new machinery, replacement machinery, new plants, new products, and research development projects.

Straight-Line Depreciation

A method of calculating the depreciation of an asset, dividing its cost by the number of years it is expected to be useful.