EBK AUDITING AND ASSURANCE SERVICES
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780134067117
Author: Hogan
Publisher: VST
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Chapter 16, Problem 22.3MCQ
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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:
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a.
A client-prepared letter reminding the customerthat a nonresponse will cause a second request tobe sent.
b.
An auditor-prepared letter explaining that a nonresponse may cause an inference that the accountbalance is correct.
c.
An auditor-prepared letter requesting the customer to supply missing and incorrect informationdirectly to the auditor.
d.
A client-prepared statement of account showingthe details of the customer’s account balance.
Which of the following is correct regarding the use of confirmation letters in an audit of financial statements:
a. Blank confirmation letters are usually preferred when the auditor expects an overstatement error in the account balance.
b. A reply from a receivable confirmation letter received from the customer through the client is considered an invalid reply, thus another set of confirmation letter should be sent.
c. A positive confirmation letter is preferred over a negative confirmation letter when the auditor, based on his past experience with the client, expects minimal to zero errors.
d. When an auditor does not receive a reply from a customer for a negative confirmation letter in a considerable period of time, the auditor should send out another set of confirmation letter.
Confirmation of accounts receivable is a presumptively mandatory audit procedure. In performing this procedure, auditors use positive confirmation requests or negative confirmation requests or a combination of both.
Describe three conditions that should exist for the auditors to use the negative form of request.
Chapter 16 Solutions
EBK AUDITING AND ASSURANCE SERVICES
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