The effectiveness of management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting

Colorado Springs Company (CSC) is a wholesaler with fiscal year ended December 31 of previous year. Since it is publicly-traded, it undergoes external audit. The most recent audit was completed in February of this year. As part of the audit of the financial statements, the auditors tested the effectiveness of management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting. The auditor found out that existing internal controls were inadequate. Specifically, CSC’s accounting system for sales, cash receipts, accounts receivables, and accounts payable had material weakness. The audit revealed that there were:

Poor accounting system of recording keeping

Late deposits of cash receipts

Excessive aged and high accounts receivable balances

Disregard for early payments for discounts on invoices

Late payments of accounts payable (sometimes due to lack of cash)

Lax appropriate segregation of duties

Relaxed rules on accounting principles’ application

Unqualified supervisor and management

Inadequate control on supervisor and management overrides

Lax oversight by external board of directors

For each finding above, indicate internal control principle that CSC violated.

For each finding above, provide an appropriate recommendation for CSC to correct the weakness.

Your response should include two to three pages of written text in addition to any calculations and solutions you offer to support your thinking. Document formatting and any citations should conform to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.

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