: Company cash going through my personal bank account I work for a franchise, our clinic is located in one state and our administrative offices in another. I am required to do the accounting for our office. I have a credit

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My question is: Is this legal?

The issue for you is will those cash transactions cause your banker to contact the government about a suspicious set of transactions. Daily cash transactions if they are near the reporting limit might cause them to wonder.

Your bank might feel that you are running a business out of a non-businessa count and want you to get a business bank account. While that isn't a legal question, it can be a concern for you.

Can I be held responsible if these money orders or cashiers checks get
lost or stolen ( some weeks I am required to mail out the checks)

If you break company property or you willfully "lose" company property, then yes you can be held responsible. They could deduct it from your pay, fire you, or bring criminal charges. These responsibilities would exist even if you were making these cash deposits directly into a company bank account.

Of course since you are making deposits of company cash into your account and then turning them into cashiers checks or cash into money orders, then if they suspect that you are skimming money, you might end up having to explain every transaction into or out of your personal bank accounts.

Most companies will not want a single person to be responsible for collecting the cash, counting the cash, turning the cash into another form, and then sending the check or money order. It is too easy for that one person to hide some of the cash. The term is segregation of duties. Their accountant should be enforcing this accounting control.