Companies can gain efficiencies by implementing effective monitoring of their internal control processes

5-42 (Monitoring Activities) Companies can gain efficiencies by implementing effective monitoring of their internal control processes.

Required:
a. Explain the importance of monitoring and provide examples of monitoring.
b. Identify the important monitoring procedures that a company might use in assessing its controls over revenue recognition and costs that might be utilized in each of the following situations:
• A convenience store such as a 7-Eleven
• A chain restaurant such as Olive Garden
• A manufacturing division making rubberized containers for the consumer market
c. Can the auditor focus the assessment of internal control on testing the effectiveness of the company’s monitoring? Discuss and support your conclusion. Discuss, for example, the level of comfort the auditor can get about the effectiveness of other controls by testing the effectiveness of monitoring controls.


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You are provided with the following information for Kiley Enterprises, effective as of its April 30, 2010, year-end

P2-3A You are provided with the following information for Kiley Enterprises, effective as of its April 30, 2010, year-end.

Accounts payable $834
Accounts receivable 810
Building, net of accumulated depreciation 1,537
Cash 1,270
Common stock 900
Cost of goods sold 990
Current portion of long-term debt 450
Depreciation expense 335
Dividends paid during the year 325
Equipment, net of accumulated depreciation 1,220
Income tax expense 165
Income taxes payable 135
Interest expense 400
Inventories 967
Land 2,100
Long-term debt 3,500
Prepaid expenses 12
Retained earnings, beginning 1,600
Revenues 4,600
Selling expenses 210
Short-term investments 1,200
Wages expense 700
Wages payable 222

(a) Complete income statement and a retained earnings statement for Kiley Enterprises for the year ended April 30, 2010.
(b) Complete the classified balance sheet for Kiley Enterprises as of April 30, 2010.


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E14-5 Assume the same information as in E14-4, except that Foreman Company uses the effective-interest method of amortization for bond premium or discount

E14-5 (Entries for Bond Transactions—Effective-Interest) Assume the same information as in E14-4, except that Foreman Company uses the effective-interest method of amortization for bond premium or discount. Assume an effective yield of 9.7705%.

Instructions
Prepare the journal entries to record the following. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
(a) The issuance of the bonds.
(b) The payment of interest and related amortization on July 1, 2011.
(c) The accrual of interest and the related amortization on December 31, 2011.

Click here for the solution: Assume the same information as in E14-4, except that Foreman Company uses the effective-interest method of amortization for bond premium or discount

Compute the effective cost of not taking the cash discount under the following trade credit terms

Problem 4: Compute the effective cost of not taking the cash discount under the following trade credit terms:
a. 2/10 net 40
b. 2/10 net 50
c. 3/10 net 50
d. 2/20 net 40

Problem 5: What conclusions can you make about credit terms from reviewing your answers to Problem 4?

Click here for the solution: Compute the effective cost of not taking the cash discount under the following trade credit terms