State the evidence, which you, as the auditor, would like to find in place and pay attention to when vouching the following payments made by RR...

      

State the evidence, which you, as the auditor, would like to find in place and pay attention to when vouching the following payments made by RR Paper Mills Ltd., during the financial year ended 31 October 2002.

a) Loans to three employees totaling Sh. 6 million.
b) The last call on 5, 000 ordinary shares at Sh, 15 per share.
c) Fire insurance premiums amounting to Sh. 10, 000 paid for the office block.
d) A loan amounting to Sh. 30 million obtained from a local bank and secured by the factory building.
e) Salesmen‘s commissions amounting to Sh. 3, 000, 000.

  

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Wilfred
a) Loan to three employees
- Proper authorization for the loan by the responsible official and in accordance with company policy.
- Supporting evidence as to whether the employees are bonafide employees of the organization.
- A repayment schedule of the loans. The period of repayment should not exceed the employees term of office
- Security given by the employees to secure the loan.
- Evidence to satisfy himself that the debt is good and recoverable at the balance sheet date. This will include evidence of repayments by the employee.
-Interest on the loan should be charged on normal commercial basis or where there is a concession that this is within the company‘s policy

(b) Last call on 5,000 ordinary shares at sh.15 per share.
- Verify that the call has been made in accordance with the terms of the issue.
- Inspect paid cheques for cash paid on the last call.
- Inspect any cancelled share certificates for which the company never honoured the last call.
- Verify that proper authority was obtained to make the payment

(c) Fire premiums
- Examine policy documents issued by the insurance company to make sure that the policy relates to the office block.
- Verify the receipt issued by the insurance company to ascertain that the amount paid was indeed sh.10, 000.00
- Ensure that the policy covers the office block against fire adequately i.e. it has not been over or under insured.
- Verify that amount paid in current year compares favourably with the previous years.

(d) Loan amounting to Sh.30 million
- Go through the board of directors‘ minutes to ensure that the loan was acquired with proper authority from the board.
- Ensure that the loan was obtained on behalf of R R Paper Mills and not for a third party. To determine this, seek evidence regarding the utilization of the money within the company.
- Verify that the loan was utilised for the approved purpose
- Determine whether the loan is being properly serviced in terms of interest and principal repayments. If no, consider the impact of the consequences of default to R Paper Mills, e.g. sale of the security, possible liquidation (hence no longer a going concern).

(e) Salesman?s commissions amounting to Sh.3,000,000
Seek evidence that the salesmen are authorized to sell the company‘s products. Their names should appear in the records for salesmen.
- Verify the terms of payment of commission. There should be a clearly laid down policy for the payment of commissions.
- Ensure that commissions are only paid against proof of sale.
- Ensure that commission paid is subjected to taxes as required by the law.


Wilfykil answered the question on February 22, 2019 at 05:33


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