| Cash and Internal Controls
After you have read this chapter you should be able to: |
Conceptual objectives: - Define internal control and identify its purpose and principles.
- Define cash and cash equivalents and explain how to report them.
Analytical objectives: - Compute the days’ sales uncollected ratio and use it to assess liquidity.
Procedural objectives: - Apply internal control to cash receipts and disbursements.
- Explain and record petty cash fund transactions.
- Prepare a bank reconciliation.
- Appendix 6A—Describe the use of documentation and verification to control cash disbursements.
- Appendix 6B—Apply the net method to control purchase discounts.
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