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Audit of the Sales and Collection Cycle: Tests of Control and Substantive Tests of Transactions Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education
Identify the accounts and the classes of transactions in the sales and collection cycle. Describe the business functions and the related documents and records in the sales and collection cycle. Understand internal control, and design and perform tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for sales. 14-2
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Apply the methodology for controls over sales transactions to controls over sales returns and allowances. Understand internal control, and design and perform tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for cash receipts. Apply the methodology for controls over the sales and collection cycle to write-offs of uncollectible accounts receivable. 14-3
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1 Identify the accounts and the classes of transactions in the sales and collection cycle.
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2 Describe the business functions and the related documents and records in the sales and collection cycle.
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Accounts
Sales Accounts receivable
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Business Functions Documents and Records
Processing customer orders Granting credit Shipping goods Billing customers and recording sales
Customer order Sales order Customer order or sales order Shipping document Sales invoice Sales transaction file Sales journal or listing Accounts receivable master file Accounts receivable trial balance Monthly statements Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education
Accounts
Cash in bank (debits from cash receipts) Accounts receivable
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Business Functions Documents and Records
Processing and recording cash receipts
Remittance advice Prelisting of cash receipts Cash receipts transaction file Cash receipts journal or listing
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Accounts
Sales returns and allowances Accounts receivable
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Business Functions Documents and Records
Processing and recording sales returns and allowances
Credit memo Sales and returns and allowances journal
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Accounts
Accounts receivable Allowance for uncollectible accounts
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Business Functions Documents and Records
Writing off uncollectible accounts receivable
Uncollectible account authorization form General journal
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Accounts
Bad debt expense Allowance for uncollectible accounts
Business Functions Documents and Records
Providing for bad debts
General journal
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Customer Order: A request for merchandise by a customer Sales Order: A document describing the goods ordered by a customer
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Before goods are shipped, a properly authorized person must approve credit to the customer for sales on account
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This is the first point in the cycle at which the company gives up assets. One type of shipping document is a bill of lading.
Bills of lading are often transmitted once goods have been shipped
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Sales transaction file
Accounts receivable file 14-15
Sales journal
Accounts receivable trial balance Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education
Prelisting of Cash receipts
Cash receipts transaction file 14-16
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Credit memo Sales returns and allowances journal
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Uncollectible account authorization form
This is a document used internally to indicate authority to write an account receivable off as uncollectible
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This provision represents a residual, resulting from management’s end-of-period adjustment of the allowance for uncollectible accounts
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3 Understand internal control, and design and perform tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for sales.
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Understand internal control – sales Assess planned control risk – sales Determine extent of testing controls Audit procedures Design tests of controls and Sample size substantive tests of transactions for sales to meet transactionItems to select related audit objectives Timing 14-21
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Study the client’s flowcharts, prepare an internal control questionnaire, and perform walk-through tests of sales.
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1. Framework for assessing control risk 2. Identify key internal controls and deficiencies 3. Associate controls and deficiencies with the objectives
4. Assess control risk for each objective 14-23
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Adequate separation of duties Proper authorization Adequate documents and records Pre-numbered documents Monthly statements Internal verification procedures 14-24
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Control effectiveness Control risk
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Occurrence: Recorded sales are for shipments actually made.
Completeness: Existing sales transactions are recorded. Accuracy: Recorded sales are for the amount shipped. 14-27
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Posting and summarization: Sales transactions are correctly included in the accounts receivable master file. Classification: Sales transactions are correctly classified. Timing: Sales are recorded on the correct dates. 14-28
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Sham sales
Improper % of completion
Improper sales cutoff
Fraudulent Techniques
Premature revenue recognition Unauthorized shipments
Bill and hold Conditional sales Round-tripping loans as sales 14-29
Consignment sales
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Identify key transaction-related audit objectives Determine key existing controls Design tests of controls to verify effectiveness
Evaluate any control deficiencies Determine extent of substantive tests of transactions
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4 Apply the methodology for controls over sales transactions to controls over sales returns and allowances.
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The transaction-related audit objectives and client’s methods of controlling misstatements are essentially the same for processing credit memos as those described for sales.
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There are, however, two important differences:
Materiality
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Emphasis on objectives
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5 Understand internal control, and design and perform tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for cash receipts.
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Determine whether cash received was recorded Prepare proof of cash receipts*
Test to discover lapping of accounts receivable*
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6 Apply the methodology for controls over the sales and collection cycle to write-offs of uncollectible accounts receivable.
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Occurrence transaction-related audit objective Proper authorization of the write-off of uncollectible accounts Verification of accounts written off
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The parts of the audit most affected by the tests for the sales and collection cycle are:
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Accounts receivable
Bad debt expense Cash 14-38
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Sales
Cash in Accounts Bank Receivable Sales Cash receipts transactions transactions Audited by TOC, STOT, and AP
Ending balance
Audited by TOC, STOT, and AP
Ending balance
Audited by AP and TDB
TOC + STOT + AP + TDB = Sufficient appropriate evidence 14-39
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