ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS LONG STRUCTURED QUESTION .Mr. Kipkorir is the owner of Kipkorir Sports stores, a consignment shop for used sporting goods. Kipkorir accepts consigned goods and offers them for sale to the general public. Kipkorir rents business space, including a retail store where the consigned goods are displayed and sold, with adjoining office space where an Internet site is maintained and other administrative functions are performed. The Internet site includes photos and descriptions of items available for sale worldwide. If the goods sell, Kipkorirs consignment fee is 40 percent of the sale price, and 60 percent is remitted to the consignor. Shipping costs on electronic orders are paid by the customers.

Required:

Identify internal control considerations for the following:

a. The ecommerce portion of the business. (10 Marks)

b. The retail portion of the business, assuming that the accounting systems are mostly manual and handled by Kipkorir and his wife. (15 Marks)