Auditing & Assurance Services 6th Edition by Timothy Louwers

Exercise 38

Which of the following internal control activities most likely would deter 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 uncollectable accounts by a supervisor independent of credit approval.
C) Separation 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.