Anita Theater
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Anita Theater is located in the Zurbrugg Mall. A cashier's booth is located near the entrance to the theater. Two cashiers are employed. One works from 1-5 P.M., the other from 5-9 P.M. Each cashier is bonded. The cashiers receive cash from customers and operate a machine that ejects serially numbered tickets. The rolls of tickets are inserted and locked into the machine by the theater manager at the beginning of each cashier's shift.
After purchasing a ticket, the customer takes the ticket to an usher stationed at the entrance of the theater lobby some 60 feet from the cashier's booth. The usher tears the ticket in half, admits the customer, and returns the ticket stub to the customer. The other half of the ticket is dropped into a locked box by the usher. At the end of each cashier's shift, the theater manager removes the ticket rolls from the machine and makes a cash count. The cash count sheet is initialed by the cashier. At the end of the day, the manager deposits the receipts in total in a bank night deposit vault located in the mall. The manager also sends copies of the deposit slip and the initialed cash count sheets to the theater company treasurer for verification and to the company's accounting department. Receipts from the first shift are stored in a safe located in the manager's office.
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(a) Identify the internal control principles and their application to the cash receipts transactions of the Anita Theater.
(b) If the usher and cashier decide to collaborate to misappropriate cash, what actions might they take?
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This solution is comprised of a detailed explanation to identify the internal control principles and their application to the cash receipts transactions of the Anita Theater, and answer if the usher and cashier decide to collaborate to misappropriate cash, what actions might they take.
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There are six principles of internal control. They are
1. Delegation of authority and separation of duties : There must be separation of different duties in the company to avoid temptation and misuse of assets. We can see that in the cash receipts transactions of the Anita Theater, there will be three parties involved, i.e., the cashier, the usher, and the manager, which is clearly defined and separated.
2. Reconciliation : To reconcile is to check written record if they are in tune with reality. With the ...
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