The document discusses internal control and internal audit. It defines internal control as a process to ensure achievement of organizational objectives related to operational efficiency, reliable financial reporting, and compliance with laws and regulations. It describes the objectives of internal control as efficiently carrying out transactions, optimizing resource use, safeguarding assets, producing accurate information, and preventing/detecting errors and fraud. The document then discusses internal check and internal audit. It defines internal check as an arrangement of duties to automatically check each other's work. It provides examples of internal check for cash, wages, purchases, and sales. Internal audit is defined as an independent review of operations and records to verify accuracy and detect errors and frauds. Key differences between internal check and internal
2. MEANING OF INTERNAL
CONTROL
It is a process for assuring achievement of an organization's
objectives in operational effectiveness and efficiency, reliable
financial reporting and compliance with laws, regulations and policies.
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6. OBJECTIVES
Transactions are carried efficiently and effectively
Optimize use of Company Resources
Safeguard company's assets
produce accurate information to carry out operations
Prevent and detecting error and fraud
To prevent misappropriation
7. To allocate the duties and responsibility
To ensure the accurate record of all business transaction
To exercise moral influence over the staff members
To prepare final accounts with an ease and efficiency
8. SCOPE OF INTERNAL
CONTROL
A. Capital Controls : 1. General financial control
2. Cash Control
3. Control over trading transaction
4. Capital expenditure control
B. Administrative Controls : 1. Control over employees
2. Maintenance of Staff relationship
11. MEANING
It is an arrangement of duties of members of staff in such a
way that the work performed by one person is automatically
and independently check by others
17. INTERNAL CHECK AS
REGARDS CASH
Duties in respect of cash should be divided
in a such a manner that there is automatic
check on the various functionaries connected
with cash section
18. 1. The cashier should not have access to the incoming
mail books and the ledgers
2. Remittance should be opened by the cashier in the
presence of a responsible person
3. All the receipts of cash should be deposited in the
bank at the end of the say or by next morning
4. On receiving cash, it should be acknowledged by
issuing a printed receipt.
5. Cash registers should be used
6. Bank reconciliation statement should be made by
cashier and someone else frequently
19. INTERNAL CHECK AS REGARDS
WAGES
Internal check regards wages much counteract the
following dangers :
a. Inadequate time record
b. Inadequate piece work record
c. Errors in presentation of wages sheet
d. Manipulation of wage sheet by inserting
dummies
22. 2.PIECE WORK RECORD
Piece work (or piecework) is any type of employment in which a
worker is paid a fixed piece rate for each unit produced or action
performed regardless of time.
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24. 3.WAGE – SHEET
wage sheet is a consolidated list of workers, which shows the
gross deductions and net wages payable to them.
27. INTERNAL CHECK
REGARDING PURCHASE
All the orders for purchase should be recorded in Purchase order
books
On receipt of goods the gate keeper or store keeper should make a
record in the Goods Inwards Books
Quality and quantity should be checked by the checking
departments
Each placing , the invoice should be sent to the concerned
department for checking
Entry for all the goods purchased should be made by an
independent person in the stores ledger
28. INTERNAL CHECK AS REGARDS
SALES
All orders received should be properly and in writing
All goods supplied should be recorded in the Goods
Outward book
Invoice should be prepared in duplicate- one copy sent
to the customer and other carbon copy should be kept .
Entries should be made in the Sales Book on the basis
of Invoice
Goods returned by the customer should be entered.
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30. MEANING
It is the review of operations and
records undertaken within a business
by specially assigned staff on a
continuous basis
31. OBJECTIVES
To verify the correctness of Financial Accounting presented to the
Management
To comment on the effectives of the internal control system
To facilitate the early detection and prevention of the errors and
frauds
To ensure that the standard accounting policies are followed by the
organization
To examine the protection provided to assets and uses to which they
are put
To undertake the special investigation to the management
To verify the correctness of the financial accounting records
To ensure that the acquisition and disposal of assets under proper
authority
32. INTERNAL CHECK V/S
INTERNAL AUDIT
Internal Check Internal Audit
1. Internal Check is an
arrangement of duties allocated
in such a way that the work of
one person is automatically
checked by another.
1.Internal Audit is an
independent appraisal of the
operations and records of the
company.
2. The purpose of Internal Check
is to prevent or minimize he
possibilities of errors, frauds or
irregularities.
The purpose of Internal Audit is
to detect the errors and frauds
which have already been
committed.
3. A large number of employees
are needed for the
implementation of Internal
Check System.
3. much smaller number of
persons are needed for
implementing Internal Audit
implementation.
33. 4.No new appointment is made. It,
in fact represents only the
arrangement of duties of the staff
in a particular way.
4. For carrying out Internal Audit,
a separate staff of employees is
engaged for the purpose.
5. Internal Check is an operation
during the course of transaction.
5. Internal Audit starts when the
accounting process of different
transactions is finished.
6. Internal check is a device for
doing the work.
6. It is a device for checking the
work
7. Internal Check the Errors and
Frauds are discovered during the
course of work.
7. Internal Audit Errors and Frauds
are detected after the completion
of work
8. The scope of Internal Check is
very limited
8. The scope of Internal Audit is
comparatively board.