6. If you place a control that monthly statements be mailed with independent follow-up on customer complaints, which of the following risks will you be addressing?
6. If you place a control that monthly statements be mailed with independent follow-up on customer...
AP114 (LO 8) not discovered by an inexperienced staff auditor in the audit of the Parson Company. Moderate Substantive tests of accounts receivable The following situations were 1. Several accounts were incorrectly aged in the client's aging schedule. 2. The accounts receivable turnover ratio was far below expected results. 3. Goods billed were not shipped. 4. Some year-end sales were recorded in the wrong accounting period. ral sales were posted for the correct amount but to the wrong customers in...
Which of the following statements about credit sales are true? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) Revenue is reported when the company is paid by the customer.unchecked Accounts receivable arise from credit...
Each of the points listed next represents an internal control that may be implemented within a company’s accounting information system to reduce various risks. For each point, identify the appropriate business process (revenue, expenditure, conversion, administrative). (Hint: Review study objective 1,2,7 in Chapter 1). Customer credit must be authorized before a business transaction takes place. An authorized price list of goods for sale is provided. A shipping report is prepared for all shipments of goods so that customers may be...
Internal controls can be categorized using the following framework: 1. Control environment 2. Risk assessment 3. Information and communication 4. Control activities 4.1. Authorization 4.2. Performance reviews 4.3. Information-processing controls 4.3.1. IT general controls 4.3.2. IT application controls 4.3.3. IT-dependent manual controls 4.4 Physical controls 4.5 Segregation of duties 5. Monitoring Following is a list of controls implemented by Waterfront, Inc. a. Management established a code of conduct that includes rules regarding conflicts of interest for purchasing agents. b. Waterfront's...
For each of the following independent cases, state the highest level of deficiency that you believe the circumstances represent—a control deficiency, a significant deficiency, or a material weakness. Explain your decision in each case. CASE 1 The company processes a significant number of routine intercompany transactions. Individual intercompany transactions are not material and primarily relate to balance sheet activity—for example, cash transfers between business units to finance normal operations. A formal management policy requires monthly reconciliation of intercompany accounts and...
1. Consider the following statements: I. Lapping involves covering a theft related to accounts receivable by using a later cash receipt to cover the previous theft. II. A “positive confirmation” requests that customers respond whether they agree or not with the amount due to the entity stated in the confirmation. a. I is true; II is true b. I is true; II is false c. I is false; II is true d....
Case Study question in Auditing You are the audit supervisor of Hasel Co, which is a manufacturing company. You are currently planning the audit of trade receivables for the year ended 31 December 20x8. At 31 December, Hasel’s trade receivables balance was $6.500.000. Hasel Co has more than 600 customers, including nine customers owing more than $250.000 each. Tests of control revealed weaknesses in Hasel’s internal control over sales and trade receivables. In prior year audits, confirmations revealed misstatements in...
The following is the description of sales and cash receipts for the Lady’s Fashion Fair, a retail store dealing in expensive women’s clothing. Sales are for cash or credit, using the store’s own billing rather than credit cards.Each salesclerk has her own sales book with prenumbered, three-copy, multicolored sales slips attached, but perforated. Only a central cash register is used. It is operated by the store supervisor, who has been employed for 10 years by Alice Olson, the store owner....
06-10 You are the audit supervisor of Hasel Co, which is a manufacturing company. You are currently planning the audit of trade receivables for the year ended 31 December 2008. At 31 December, Hasel's trade receivables balance was $6.500.000. Hasel Co has more than 600 customers, including nine customers owing more than $250.000 each. Tests of control revealed weaknesses in Hasel's internal control over sales and trade receivables. In prior year audits, confirmations revealed misstatements in several customers' account balances....
11-32 (Objective 11-3) The
following is the description of sales and cash receipts for the
Lady’s Fashion Fair, a retail store dealing in expensive women’s
clothing. Sales are mainly on account using the store’s own billing
rather than credit cards; however, some customers prefer to pay
cash.
Salesclerks assist customers and then direct them to the central
desk for payment. The computer used to enter sales is operated by
the store supervisor, who has been employed for 10 years by...