Auditing and Assurance Services 9th Edition by Alvin Arens,Mark Beasley,Randy Elder

Exercise 31

Which of the following internal controls would be most likely to deter the lapping of collections from customers?
A) Independent internal verification of dates of entry in the cash receipts journal with dates of daily cash summaries.
B) Authorization of write-offs of uncollectible accounts by a supervisor independent of the credit approval function.
C) Segregation of duties between receiving cash and posting the accounts receivable ledger.
D) Supervisory comparison of the daily cash summary with the sum of the cash receipts journal entries.