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By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 3 Minutes Read August 10, 2022

Not-for-profits and internal controls

two people workingNot-for-profits and internal controls often have an uneasy relationship. On the one hand, many not-for-profits, especially the smaller ones, lack the resources to implement robust internal controls. Yet internal controls are as critical in not-for-profits as in for-profit entities. In some respects, internal control failures can be more catastrophic for not-for-profits because the public, regulators, and others often hold them to a higher standard.

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Not for Profit / Duty of care, fraud, Internal Controls, not-for-profit organizations, policies and procedures, reconciliation process, risk, segregation of duties Leave a Comment

By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 4 Minutes Read April 7, 2021

A $900M error, poor system design, and failed internal controls

A $900M error, poor system design, and failed internal controls intersected in a recent court case decided in New York. Citibank, in its role as administrator for loans that a group of lenders, or syndicate, had made to Revlon, was responsible for coordinating between lenders and Revlon.

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology / errors or omissions, finance, financial transactions, Internal Controls, processing errors, reconciliation process, system design, validation controls

By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read October 21, 2015

Payroll accounting – What you don’t account for can hurt you

Payroll is one of the largest single expenses of an organization. Without proper accounting controls in place, money could be misappropriated and false expense claims processed. For this reason, employers must intimately understand their payroll costs, and know how to control and predict them.

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