Arens - Chapter14 Auditing
Arens - Chapter14 Auditing
Arens - Chapter14 Auditing
Chapter 14
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accounts Expense
Customer Order:
A request for merchandise by a customer
Sales Order:
A document describing the goods ordered
by a customer
Completeness:
Existing sales transactions are recorded.
Accuracy:
Recorded sales are for the amount shipped.
Classification:
Sales transactions are correctly classified.
Timing:
Sales are recorded on the correct dates.
Accounts
Sales General
= receivable
journal journal
master file
Completeness Occurrence
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2010 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Auditing 13/e, Arens//Elder/Beasley 14 - 27
Summary of Methodology
for Sales
Transaction-related audit objectives (Column 1)
Key existing controls (Column 2)
Tests of control (Column 3)
Deficiencies (Column 4)
Substantive tests of transactions (Column 5)
Materiality
Emphasis on objectives
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