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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
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REVENUE CYCLE BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES
Four basic business activities are
performed in the revenue cycle:
Sales order entry
Shipping
Billing
Cash collection
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REVENUE CYCLE BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES
Four basic business activities are
performed in the revenue cycle:
Sales order entry
Shipping
Billing
Cash collection
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
Specific authorization
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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SALES ORDER ENTRY
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REVENUE CYCLE BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES
Four basic business activities are
performed in the revenue cycle:
Sales order entry
Warehouse and Shipping
Billing
Cash collection
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WAREHOUSE & SHIPPING
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WAREHOUSE & SHIPPING
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WAREHOUSE & SHIPPING
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WAREHOUSE & SHIPPING
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WAREHOUSE & SHIPPING
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SHIPPING
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BILLING
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BILLING
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BILLING
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BILLING
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BILLING
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BILLING
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BILLING
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BILLING
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CASH COLLECTIONS
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CASH COLLECTIONS
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Customers remit payments to
a bank P.O. box.
CASH COLLECTIONS
The bank sends the company:
Remittance advices.
An electronic list of the
Possible approaches to collecting cash: remittances.
Turnaround documents forwarded toofaccounts
Copies the checks.
receivable. Advantages:
Prevents theft by company
Lockbox arrangements. employees.
Improves cash flow
management.
Lockboxes may be regional,
which reduces time in the
mail.
Checks are deposited
immediately on receipt.
Foreign banks can be utilized
for international customers.
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CASH COLLECTIONS
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CASH COLLECTIONS
Customers remit payment electronically to the
companys bank.
Possible approaches
Eliminates mailingto collecting cash:
delays.
Turnaround documents
Typically forwarded
done through to accounts
banking systems Automated
Clearing House (ACH) network.
receivable.
PROBLEM: Some banks do not have both EDI and EFT
Lockbox arrangements.
capabilities, which complicates the task of crediting
the customers
Electronic lockboxes. account on a timely basis.
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CASH COLLECTIONS
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CASH COLLECTIONS
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CASH COLLECTIONS
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REVIEW OF REVENUE CYCLE
ACTIVITIES
Before we move on to discuss internal
controls in the revenue cycle, lets do a
brief review of the organization chart,
including:
Who does what in the revenue cycle?
To whom do they typically report?
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PARTIAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR
UNITS INVOLVED IN REVENUE CYCLE
CEO
V P o f M a r k e tin g V P o f M a n u fa c tu r in g CFO
V P o f M a r k e tin g V P o f M a n u fa c tu r in g CFO
S a le s C u s to m e r W a re h o u s e S h ip p in g C o n tr o lle r T re a s u re r
O rd er S e rv ic e
Responds to B illin g A c c o u n ts C r e d it C a s h ie r
customer inquiries
D e p t. R e c e iv a b le M anager
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PARTIAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR
UNITS INVOLVED IN REVENUE CYCLE
CEO
V P o f M a r k e tin g V P o f M a n u fa c tu r in g CFO
S a le s C u s to m e r W a re h o u s e S h ip p in g C o n tr o lle r T re as u rer
O rd er S e rv ic e
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PARTIAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR
UNITS INVOLVED IN REVENUE CYCLE
CEO
V P o f M a r k e tin g V P o f M a n u fa c tu r in g CFO
S a le s C u s to m e r W a re h o u se S h ip p in g C o n tr o lle r T re a s u re r
O rd e r S e rv ic e
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PARTIAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR
UNITS INVOLVED IN REVENUE CYCLE
CEO
V P o f M a r k e tin g V P o f M a n u fa c tu r in g CFO
S a le s C u s to m e r W a reh o u s e S h ip p in g C o n tr o lle r T re as u re r
O rd e r S e rv ic e
B illin g A c c o u n ts C r e d it C a s h ie r
Invoices the D e p t. R e c e iv a b le M anager
customer
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PARTIAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR
UNITS INVOLVED IN REVENUE CYCLE
CEO
V P o f M a r k e tin g V P o f M a n u fa c tu r in g CFO
S a le s C u s to m e r W a re h o u s e S h ip p in g C o n tr o lle r T re a s u re r
O rd e r S e rv ic e
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PARTIAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR
UNITS INVOLVED IN REVENUE CYCLE
CEO
V P o f M a r k e tin g V P o f M a n u fa c tu r in g CFO
S a le s C u s to m e r W a reh o u s e S h ip p in g C o n tr o lle r T re as u re r
O rd e r S e rv ic e
Approves credit for new
customers or existing
customers with issues B illin g A c c o u n ts C r e d it C a s h ie r
Authorizes credits to customer D e p t. R e c e iv a b le M anager
accounts for returns,
allowances, and write-offs
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PARTIAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR
UNITS INVOLVED IN REVENUE CYCLE
CEO
V P o f M a r k e tin g V P o f M a n u fa c tu r in g CFO
S a le s C u s to m e r W a reh o u se S h ip p in g C o n tr o lle r T re a s u re r
O rd er S e rv ic e
B illin g A c c o u n ts C r e d it C a s h ie r
Deposits cash D e p t. R e c e iv a b le M anager
received from
customers
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
In the revenue cycle (or any cycle), a well-designed AIS
should provide adequate controls to ensure that the
following objectives are met:
All transactions are properly authorized.
All recorded transactions are valid.
All valid and authorized transactions are recorded.
All transactions are recorded accurately.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
Business activities are performed efficiently and effectively.
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
Well soon be discussing the threats that may
occur in the revenue cycle.
If you understand the preceding objectives, you
probably wont have to worry about memorizing
threats.
Almost every threat represents a violation of one
of those control objectives.
Lets look more closely.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
In the revenue cycle (or any cycle), a well-designed AIS
should provide adequate controls to ensure that the
following objectives are met:
All transactions are properly authorized.
All recorded
Atransactions arewould
related threat valid. be that a transaction
All valid andwould go through
authorized without
transactions areproper authorization.
recorded.
Such
All transactions area transaction might result from either a
recorded accurately.
mistake or a fraud.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
EXAMPLE: An employee might process an
Business activities are performed
write-offefficiently
unauthorized of his own andaccount,
effectively.
so
The company is in
that hecompliance withto
wouldnt have allpay.
applicable laws and
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
In the revenue cycle (or any cycle), a well-designed AIS
should provide adequate controls to ensure that the
following objectives are met:
All transactions are properly authorized
All recorded transactions are valid
All
The valid and
related authorized
threat is that a transactions are recorded
transaction would be recorded that
isnt
Allvalid, i.e., it didnt
transactions actually occur.
are recorded accurately
EXAMPLE
Assets are 1: An employee records
safeguarded a or
from loss return
theftof merchandise on
his own account when the goods were never really returned.
Business activities are performed efficiently and effectively
EXAMPLE 2: Many financial statement frauds involve companies
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws and
recording totally fictitious revenues in order to make the
regulations
companys financial position appear more favorable than it
All disclosures
actually is. are full and fair
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CONTROL
OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
The related threat would be that a transaction that actually did
occur didntAND PROCEDURES
get recorded.
EXAMPLE 1: An employee fails to record a sale that the
Incompany made to
the revenue him (or
cycle so he wont
any haveatowell-designed
cycle), pay the receivable.
AIS
should
EXAMPLE 2: In financial
provide adequate statement
controlsfraud cases, the
to ensure thatcompany
the
often failsobjectives
following to record transactions
are met: that reduce income or net
assets, e.g., doesnt record returns from customers or discounts
All transactions
granted are omission
to them. This properly authorized.
causes net sales to appear
All recorded
higher than they transactions
really are. are valid.
All valid and authorized transactions are recorded.
All transactions are recorded accurately.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
Business activities are performed efficiently and effectively.
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
The threat would be that a transaction is
AND PROCEDURES
recorded inaccurately. Inaccurate recording
typically means that a transaction is recorded
In the revenue cycle (or any cycle), a well-designed AIS
either:
should provide adequate controls
In the wrong to ensure that the
amount
following objectives
Inare
the met:
wrong account
In the wrong time period
All transactions are properly authorized.
It could also mean that the transaction was
All recorded transactions are valid.
credited to the wrong agents or participants.
All valid and authorized transactions are recorded.
All transactions are recorded accurately.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
Business activities are performed efficiently and effectively.
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
EXAMPLES: A fraud might involve a company:
Over-recording the amount of a sale (wrong
In the revenue cycle amount)
(or any cycle), a well-designed AIS
Recording
should provide adequate an unearned
controls revenue
to ensure thatasthe
an earned
revenue (wrong account)
following objectives are met:
Recording a sale earlier than it occurs (wrong
All transactions are properly authorized.
time period)
All recorded transactions
Crediting
are the
valid.
wrong salesperson for the sale
(wrong agent)
All valid and authorized transactions are recorded.
All transactions are recorded accurately.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
Business activities are performed efficiently and effectively.
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
In the revenue cycle
The(or
reverse side of these
any cycle), activities might
a well-designed AIS
include: controls to ensure that the
should provide adequate
Under-recording a sales return (wrong amount)
following objectives are met:
Debiting an asset account instead of sales
All transactions are properly authorized.
returns (wrong account)
All recorded transactions are valid.
Recording the return later than it actually
occurred
All valid and authorized (wrong time
transactions are period)
recorded.
All transactions are recorded accurately.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
Business activities are performed efficiently and effectively.
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
In the revenue cycle (or any cycle), a well-designed AIS
should provide adequate controls to ensure that the
following objectives are met:
All transactions are properly authorized.
All recorded transactions are valid.
All valid and authorized
Threats intransactions
this area usually involve theft,
are recorded.
destruction, or misuse of assets, including data.
All transactions are recorded accurately.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
Business activities are performed efficiently and effectively.
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
In the revenue cycle (or any cycle), a well-designed AIS
should provide adequate controls to ensure that the
following objectives are met:
All transactions are properly authorized.
All recorded transactions are valid.
All valid and authorized
The threattransactions are recorded.
is that the activities would be
All transactions are recorded
performed accurately.
inefficiently or ineffectively.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
Business activities are performed efficiently and
effectively.
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
In the revenue cycle
The obvious
(or any threat is a
cycle), non-compliance
well-designedwith
AISlaws
and regulations.
should provide adequate controls to ensure that the
An example in the revenue cycle could be a car
following objectives arewho:
dealer met:
All transactions are properly
Sells authorized.
a vehicle to which he doesnt have clear title;
or
All recorded transactions are valid.
Refuses to allow a customer to return a car in
All valid and authorized transactions are recorded.
violation of state lemon laws.
All transactions are recorded accurately.
Another example might be requesting a credit
Assets are safeguarded
check onfrom loss or theft.
a customer in violation of the Fair
Credit
Business activities areReporting
performedAct (FCRA).and effectively.
efficiently
The company is in compliance with all applicable laws
and regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
In the revenue cycle (or any cycle), a well-designed AIS
should provide adequate controls to ensure that the
following objectives are met:
All transactions are properly authorized.
The threat is incomplete and/or misleading
All recorded transactions
disclosures. are valid.
All valid and authorized
This threattransactions are recorded.
is more important in other areas,
All transactions are recorded
particularly accurately.
those areas that involve liabilities
and contingencies.
Assets are safeguarded from loss or theft.
However,
Business activities one threatefficiently
are performed in the revenue cycle could
and effectively.
be misleading disclosures about customers
The company rights
is in compliance with all applicable laws and
to return product.
regulations.
All disclosures are full and fair.
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
While were going to step through a number of
common threats in the revenue cycle, its a good
idea to memorize the internal control objectives
so you can think of the relevant threats on your
own.
If you dont like the text version, click on the
button below to see a rhyming version of the
same objectives.
Poets
Poets
Corner
Corner
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
There are several actions a company can take
with respect to any cycle to reduce threats of
errors or irregularities. These include:
Using simple, easy-to-complete documents with
clear instructions (enhances accuracy and
reliability).
Using appropriate application controls, such as
validity checks and field checks (enhances
accuracy and reliability).
Providing space on forms to record who completed
and who reviewed the form (encourages proper
authorizations and accountability).
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CONTROL OBJECTIVES, THREATS,
AND PROCEDURES
Pre-numbering documents (encourages recording
of valid and only valid transactions).
Restricting access to blank documents (reduces
risk of unauthorized transaction).
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THREATS IN SALES ORDER ENTRY
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THREATS IN SALES ORDER ENTRY
You can click on any of the threats below to get
more information on:
Threats in the sales
The types oforder
problemsentry
posed byprocess
each threat.
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THREATS IN SHIPPING
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You can click on any of the threats below to get
more information on:
THREATS
The typesIN BILLING
of problems posed by each threat.
The controls that can mitigate the threats.
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THREATS IN CASH COLLECTION
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SUMMARY
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SUMMARY
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