a) Internal control systems are designed, amongst other things, to prevent error and...(Solved)
a) Internal control systems are designed, amongst other things, to prevent error and misappropriation.
Required:
Describe the errors and misappropriations that may occur if the following are not properly controlled: (i) Receipts paid into bank accounts;
ii)Payments made out of bank accounts; (iii) Interest and charges debited and credited to bank accounts.
(b) A book-selling company has a head office and 25 shops, each of which holds cash (banknotes, coins, and credit card vouchers) at the balance sheet date. There are no receivables. Accounting records are held at shops. Shops make returns to head office and head office holds its own accounting records. Your firm has been the external auditor to the company for many years and has offices near to the location of some but not all of the shops.
Required:
List the audit objectives for the audit of cash and state how you would gain the audit evidence in relation to those objectives at the year-end.
c) The external auditors of companies often write to companies’ bankers asking for details of bank balances and other matters at the year-end.
Required:
Explain why auditors write to companies’ bankers and list the matters you would expect banks to confirm.
Date posted: May 11, 2018. Answers (1)