QS 6-9

OS 6-6 Control of cash C2 Determine whether each procedure described below is an internal control strength or weakness. 1. The same employee is in charge of recordkeeping and depositing cash receipts. 2. All large payments are made by electronic funds transfer (EFT). 3. Cash receipts of large amounts are kept in an office drawer and deposited every six months. QS 6-7 Internal control for cash P1 Identify each of the following statements as either true or false. a. A guideline for safeguarding cash is that all cash receipts be deposited monthly or yearly. b. A voucher system of control is a control system exclusively for cash receipts. c. A guideline for safeguarding cash is to separate the duties of those who have custody of cash from those who keep cash records. d. Separation of duties eliminates the possibility of collusion to steal an asset and hide the theft from the records. QS 6-8 Cash Over and Short P1 Record the journal entry for Sales and for Cash Over and Short for each of the following separate situations. a. The cash register's record shows $420 of cash sales, but the count of cash in the register is $430. b. The cash register's record shows $980 of cash sales, but the count of cash in the register is $972. QS 6-9 Petty cash accounting P2 1. Brooks Agency set up a petty cash fund for $150. At the end of the current period, the fund contained $28 and had the following receipts: entertainment, $70; postage, $30; and printing, $22. Prepare jour- nal entries to record (a) establishment of the fund and (b) reimbursement of the fund at the end of the current period. 2. Identify the two events from the following that cause a Petty Cash account to be credited in a journal entry a. Fund amount is being reduced. c. Fund is being eliminated. b. Fund amount is being increased. d. Fund is being established