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Cash and Internal Controls


After you have read this chapter you should be able to:

Conceptual objectives:

  1. Define internal control and identify its purpose and principles.
  2. Define cash and cash equivalents and explain how to report them.

Analytical objectives:

  1. Compute the days’ sales uncollected ratio and use it to assess liquidity.

Procedural objectives:

  1. Apply internal control to cash receipts and disbursements.
  2. Explain and record petty cash fund transactions.
  3. Prepare a bank reconciliation.
  4. Appendix 6A—Describe the use of documentation and verification to control cash disbursements.
  5. Appendix 6B—Apply the net method to control purchase discounts.










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