It is policy for all payments >5,000 to be reviewed and approved. Daphne details all the payments greater than $5,000 on a Cheque Approval Form. This form and the associated invoices are reviewed by Scooby and Shaggy. Scooby looks at all the invoices checking the reasonableness of purchase and coding, and who authorised the invoice for payment. Shaggy does less of a thorough review because she knows Scooby looks so closely at the invoices. Shaggy advised his check is much more through if Scooby is unavailable. The form is signed as evidence of the review. Daphne noted that they do follow up invoice with her or the person placing the order as required.
Payment by Cheque
Daphne then releases the pay run for payment and the cheques and remittances are printed Cheques are computer generated with Daphne performing this process, Velma and Fred are also able to print cheques. The range of cheques printed for each payment run is recorded on the pay sheet (monthly report listing all cheque paid) which is provided to Daphne by IT, although she can run it. Daphne has not received for the last 2-3 months.
Once the cheques are printed and released for payment the GL and Creditors subsidiary ledger are updated automatically.
After the cheques are printed they are passed on to the cheque signatories for signing. The Transactions since last remittance report is provided to the signatories with the cheques. They are not provided with invoices.
Cheques and direct credits require two signatories. Authorised signatories are:
Scooby (Corporate Services Manager)
Shaggy (Accountant)
Bugs (Chief Exec’s PA)
Dafffy (Office Manager)
Porky (Rates Officers)