Part 4 Questions
Consider the following transactions from Big Marker’s accounting information system.
- Accrued one month’s interest on an existing note payable, $300
- Billed 30 communities for monthly dues of $600
- Borrowed $10,000 from First National Bank within a 6-month, 4% note payable
- Created a Chief Financial Officer position and established a support team for that function. The CFO’s annual salary will be $150,000; each support team member will earn $60,000 annually.
- Depreciated computer servers, $8,000
- Hired a new employee for the Development Team. The new employee’s salary will be $45,000 annually.
- Paid six months’ rent in advance, $12,000.
- Purchased new computer servers from Dell, $40,000
- Reimbursed employees for business expenses: Supplies, $500, Travel, $1,500.
- Took an inventory of supplies on hand, which revealed $450 supplies used.
Questions:
- Which business process is most closely associated with each transaction?
- What is the appropriate journal entry (if an) to record the transaction in Big Marker’s AIS?
- Which element of financial statements are represented in the journal entry?
- What forms/documents would be used to process each transaction?
- For each transaction, suggest at least two additional pieces of information you would want to capture in a relational database.
- For each transaction, suggest two internal controls you would implement. Justify your response.
Here is an example:
Transaction: Big Marker purchased supplies on account, $100.
Business Process: Acquisition/payment
Journal entry: Debit Supplies $100, Credit Accounts payable $100.
Elements: Supplies is an asset; accounts payable, a liability.
Forms: Purchase requisition and purchase order.
Additional information: name of the primary contact person at the vendor, specific type and quantity of supplies purchased (e.g. 10 boxes of paper clips)
Internal Controls: transaction authorizations would ensure that only the Purchasing department can issue purchase orders. Sending a bling copy of the PO to the Receiving department would aid in the segregation of duties.