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MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR, AND THE OBJECTIVES <br />AND LIMITATIONS OF, INTERNAL ACCUJNTING CONTROL AND <br />THE DEFINITION OF A MATERIAL WEAKNESS <br /> <br />APPENDIX <br /> <br />The following comments concerning management's responsibility <br />for internal accounting control, the objectives of and the <br />inherent limitations on a system of internal accounting <br />control, and the definition of a material weakness are <br />excerpts fram Statements on Auditing Standards of the <br />American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. <br /> <br />Mana~ement's Responsibility <br />Management . . . is responsible for establishing and maihtaining <br />a system of internal accounting control. In fulfilling <br />this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management <br />are required to assess the expected benefits and related <br />costs of control procedures. <br /> <br />Objectives <br /> <br />The objectives of a system are to provide management w£th <br />reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safe- <br />guarded against loss frc~ unauthorized use or disposition, and <br />that transactions are executed in accordance with management's <br />authorization and recorded properly to permit the preparation <br />of 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 irregularities 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 became inadequate because of changes in <br />conditions or that the degree of ccmpliance with the <br />procedures may deteriorate. <br /> <br />Material Weakness <br /> <br />A material weakness is a condition in which the specific control <br />procedures, or the degree of compliance with them, doss not <br />provide reasonable assurance that errors or irregularities in <br />amounts that would be material to the financial statements <br />being audited would be prevented or detected within a timely <br />period by employees in the normal course of performing their <br />assigned functions. These criteria may be broader than those <br />that may be appropriate for evaluating weaknesses in accounting <br />control for management or other purposes. <br /> <br /> <br />