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Questionaire #2: Financial Reporting and Controls

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What information we want?

We want information about procedures or a conditions, designed to keep financial reporting [in our organization] within what is expected, allowed or accepted. Based on the table about financial reporting process we find a need for controls to ensure the following:
B01) Identification, understanding and priorization of financial reporting needs and awareness and understanding of financial reporting obligations.
B02) Putting transaction entries of book-keeping in line with financial reporting assertions.
B03) Putting transaction entries of book-keeping and balances of assets and debts in line with GAAPs.
B04) Financial statements' figures as a correct output of book-keeping.
B05) Complience of organization's inner instructions when producing financial statements.
B06) Financial reporting appendixes [and/or notes] as complements of true and fair view of the financial statements.
B07) Explanation of contents and backgrounds of financial statements and presentation of all information required by regulations.
B08) Publishment of financial reporting to target audiances timely and delivering information required by regulations to those entitled to it.
B09) Controls in the organization's financial reporting process that the staff relies least, and reasons for the non-reliance.