Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
21st Edition
ISBN: 9781259916984
Author: WHITTINGTON, Ray, Pany, Kurt
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 11, Problem 29QRA
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Identify to whom the confirmation request for notes receivables should be sent.
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During the confirmation of accounts receivable, an auditor receives a confirmation via the client’s fax machine. Which of the following actions should the auditor take?a. Not accept the confirmation and select another customer’s balance to confirm.b. Not accept the confirmation and treat it as an exception.c. Accept the confirmation and file it in the working papers.d. Accept the confirmation but verify the source and content through a telephone call to the respondent.
Your client has requested that you assist them in setting up their accounting system and asks that you provide a brief description of what key systems and controls are required to ensure that they produce an accurate set of monthly reports. The client has specifically requested that you include in your comments: the accrual system of accounts preperation, the bank reconciliation, the use of accounting journals, the double entry system and the type of reports to be produced.
Which of the following most likely would be included with the client’s confirmation letter, when an auditor decided to confirm customers’ account balances rather than individual invoices.? Select one:
a. An auditor-prepared letter requesting the customer to supply missing and incorrect information directly to the auditor.
b. A client-prepared letter reminding the customer that a nonresponse will cause a second request to be sent.
c. A client-prepared statement of account showing the details of the customer’s account balance.
d. An auditor-prepared letter explaining that a nonresponse may cause an inference that the account balance is correct.
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