Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Explainprenumbered shipping documents and sales invoices help in prevention of misstatement of sales
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- A company is trying to set up proper internal controls for their accounts payable/inventory purchasing system. Currently the purchase order is generated by the same person who receives the inventory. Together the purchase order and the receiving ticket are sent to accounts payable for payment. What changes would you make to improve the internal control structure? A. No changes would be made since the person paying the bills is different from the person ordering the inventory. B. The person in accounts payable should generate the purchase order. C. The person in accounts payable should generate the receiving ticket once the invoice from the supplier is received. D. The responsibilities of generating the purchase order and receiving the inventory should be separated among two different people.arrow_forwardA serious exposure in the revenue cycle is customer dissatisfaction. What is the related threat and applicable control procedure that address this exposure? A. failure to bill; separation of billing and shipping functions B. failure to bill; bar-codes and RFID technology C. billing errors; reconciliation of shipping documents to sales order D. theft of cash; using ETFsarrow_forwardAn example of a preventive control in the expenditure cycle is: A. Requiring management approval for large purchases B. Regular inventory counts C. Using firewalls and intrusion detection systems D. Conducting vendor audits.arrow_forward
- Why do companies use sequential prenumbering for documents such as checks, sales invoices, and purchase orders?arrow_forward1. Which of the following is an example of an input control in the expenditure cycle? a. Physical controls over inventory b. Reconciling the bank statement c. Document sequencing d. Access controls over the purchasing system 2. A control procedure that helps prevent duplicate payments is: a. Performing physical inventory counts b. Matching purchase orders, receiving reports, and vendor invoices c. Reconciling bank statements d. Conducting vendor audits 3.Which of the following is an example of an independent verification control in the expenditure cycle? a. Document sequencing b. Reconciling the bank statement c. Segregation of duties d. Physical controls over inventoryarrow_forwardWhich task must still require human intervention in an automated purchases/cash disbursements system? a. determination of inventory requirements b. preparation of a purchase order c. preparation of a receiving report d. preparation of a check registerarrow_forward
- Which of the following statements concerning internal control procedures for merchandise sales is not correct? a.Accounting for a sale begins with the receipt of a purchase order or some similar document from a customer. b.Shipping and billing documents are prepared based on the order document. c.A sale and its associated receivable are recorded only when the order, shipping, and billing documents are all present. d.The order document is not necessary for the buyer to be obligated to accept and pay for the ordered goods.arrow_forwardExplain why a comparison of sales and inventory records would reveal a situation in which cash sales are not being recorded and cash from those sales is being stolen.arrow_forwardWhat internal control procedure(s) would provide protection against the following threats? a. Theft of goods by the shipping dock workers, who claim that the inventory shortages reflect errors in the inventory records.b. Posting the sales amount to the wrong customer account because a customer account number was incorrectly keyed into the system .c. Making a credit sale to a customer who is already four months behind in making payments on his account. d. Authorizing a credit memo for a sales return when the goods were never actually returned. e. Writing off a customer’s accounts receivable balance as uncollectible to conceal the theft of subsequent cash payments from that customer. f. Billing customers for the quantity ordered when the quantity shipped was actually less due to back ordering of some items .g. Lost sales because of stockouts of several products for which the computer records indicated there was adequate quantity on hand. h. A sales clerk sold a $7,000 wide-screen TV…arrow_forward
- You will have the opportunity in this discussion to recommend adequate internal controls over sales invoices and receivables. If controls are not in place over these functions, companies are susceptible to errors, fraud, and losses. In the following scenarios, recommend internal controls that need to be in place to eliminate the problems described: An inexperienced clerk does not have the knowledge to prepare sales invoices properly. They are confused about the actual items shipped. As a result, the clerk has been preparing invoices at prices below the company's sales prices. During your audit, the controller approaches you about a problem with missing invoices. They think that these missing invoices were never recorded in the system, which results in the accompanying receivables not being recorded either. They read the monthly sales data and calculates that the company has faced significant losses as a result.arrow_forward1. An example of a detective control in the expenditure cycle is: A. Requiring dual signatures for check payments B. Using firewalls and intrusion detection systems C. Conducting surprise cash counts D. Documenting purchase requisitions 2. An example of a preventive control in the expenditure cycle is: A. Requiring management approval for large purchases B. Regular inventory counts C. Using firewalls and intrusion detection systems D. Conducting vendor audits 3. Which of the following is an example of a processing control in the expenditure cycle? A. Document sequencing B. Reconciling the bank statement C. Physical controls over inventory D. Approval of vendor invoicesarrow_forwardChoose the one correct answer. Which of the following Test of Controls is done to examine whether purchase orders, receiving reports and vouchers are prenumbered and accounted for? *Select samples from creditors list and send creditors’ confirmation. Examine evidence of approval of unusual trade terms and discounts. Trace samples of goods received notes to the related suppliers’ invoices and entries in the purchase journal and in creditors’ ledger. Review bank statements for any unrecorded cheques payments.arrow_forward
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