Sentence examples for that imprest from inspiring English sources
In view of the above, in order for local audits of field expenditure to support a decentralised accounting structure at a reasonable cost, I recommend that the periodicity of reporting be lengthened (one or two reports a year), the number of contracting auditors reduced and the auditors required to provide audit assurance that imprest reports convey a true and fair view of field transactions.
This was confirmed by health centre ledger cards, which showed that imprests were sometimes paid irregularly and also showed large variations in the amounts disbursed (Table 2).
Health centre staff stated that the imprest was not always disbursed as planned.
We found that the imprest payments (cash payments) from districts to health centres were not disbursed on a monthly basis as scheduled.
It is estimated that the processing of December 1997 Imprest records would have resulted in additional expenditures of approximately $1 million. . .
COD made liberal use of this imprest accounting scheme: $26,100,000 on over 21,000 transactions to 5,613 vendors flowed through 467 separate fund accounts.
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service of the U.S. Department of the Treasury defines imprest funds as "pretty cash funds" and accounting associations warn that weakness in accounting control could result from the use of imprest funds.
Interviews with health centre staff highlighted the fact that health centres are not able to influence the amount received as monthly imprests.
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