ACP AUDITING - RISK BASED APPROACH
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Chapter 9, Problem 20MCQ
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Introduction: Auditing means the inspection of financial accounts of the company to determine if the records are accurate as per the rules and regulations of accounting or not. There are two types of auditor’s i.e. internal auditors and external auditors, which carry out the
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Which statement is false?
a. The amount of Accounts Receivable pledged should be excluded from Accounts Receivable in the balance sheet.
b. When Accounts Receivable are assigned on a notification basis, the company reduces liability and Accounts Receivable account for the net amount of collections of Accounts Rceivable.
c. In factoring Accounts Receivable as a continuing agreement, the buyer of Accounts Receivable protects himself from risks arising from discounts, returns and allowances thru by withholding a portion of the amount of accounts receivable.
e. none of the above
Please explain.
Which among the statements is not correct?
a. Net realizable value of accounts receivable results when accounts receivable is reduced by allowance for doubtful accounts
b. Credit balances in accounts receivable arising from customer's advances should be excluded from accounts receivable
c. The allowance method of recording bad debt loss is the one consistent with accrual accounting.
d. answer not given
Which of the following statements is invalid relating to confirmation of accounts receivable? a. A negative form of confirmation is preferable to use when individual account balances of customers are relatively smallb. A positive confirmation provides more reliable evidence than the negative confirmation because the auditor can perform follow-up procedures if no response is received from the debtorc. An auditor must consider using the negative form of confirmation when there is reason to believe that there may be a substantial number of accounts in dispute or with inaccuracies or irregularitiesd. In negative confirmation, failure to reply must be regarded as a correct response, even though the debtor may have ignored the confirmation requeste. None of the above
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ACP AUDITING - RISK BASED APPROACH
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