In auditing accounts receivable, the negative form of confirmations request is used when A. Response rate to positive confirmation request was low B. The total amount of account receivable is immaterial to the financial statement taken as a whole C. Recipients are likely to return positive confirmation without verifying the information D. The combined assessed level of both inherent risk and control risk relative to account receivable is low

In auditing accounts receivable, the negative form of confirmations request is used when A. Response rate to positive confirmation request was low B. The total amount of account receivable is immaterial to the financial statement taken as a whole C. Recipients are likely to return positive confirmation without verifying the information D. The combined assessed level of both inherent risk and control risk relative to account receivable is low

Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach to Conducting a Quality Audit

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Chapter5: Professional Auditing Standards And The Audit Opinion Formulation Process

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