Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9781259916984
Author: WHITTINGTON, Ray, Pany, Kurt
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 11, Problem 36HOQ
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Identify the transaction that would most likely to be detected by an auditor’s review of the client’s sales cutoff.
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