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'1 <br /> <br />MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR, AND THE OBJECTIVES <br />AND LIMITATIONS OF, INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL AND <br />THE DEFINITION OF A MATERIAL WEAKNESS <br /> <br />APPENDIX <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />,I <br />! <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />The following comments concerning management's responsibility <br />for internal accounting control, the objectives of and the <br />inherent limitations in a system of internal accounting control, <br />and the definition of a material weakness are excerpts from <br />Statements on Auditing Standards of the American Institute of <br />Certified Public Accountants. <br /> <br />Management's Responsibility <br /> <br />Mansgement...is responsible for establishing and maintaining a <br />system of internal accounting control. In fulfilling this <br />responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are <br />required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of <br />control procedures. <br /> <br />Objectives <br /> <br />The objectives of a system are to provide management with <br />reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safe- <br />guarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition, and <br />that transactions are executed in accordance with management's <br />authorization and recorded properly to permit the preparation of <br />financial statements in accordance with generally accepted <br />accounting principles. <br /> <br />Limitations <br /> <br />Because of inherent limitations in any system of internal <br />accounting control, errors or i~regularities nevertheless may <br />occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation <br />of the system to future periods is subject to the risk that <br />procedures may become inadequate because of changes in <br />conditions or that the degree of compliance with the procedures <br />may deteriorate. <br /> <br />Material Weakness <br /> <br />A material weakness [for the auditor's purpose] is a condition <br />in which the specific control procedures, or tbe degree of <br />compliance with them, do not [in the auditor's judgment] reduce <br />to a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities <br />in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial <br />statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a <br />timely period by employees in the normal course of performing <br />their assigned functions. These criteria may be broader than <br />those that may be appropriate for evaluating weaknesses in <br />accounting control for management or other purposes. <br /> <br /> <br />