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Auditing The Revenue Cycle
Auditing The Revenue Cycle
B. Process Controls
- are computerized procedures for file
updating and restricting access to data.
B. Access Controls
- Prevent and detect unauthorized
and illegal access to the firms assets.
- In the absence of controls, invoices
can be deleted, added, or falsified.
REVENUE CYCLE AUDIT OBJECTIVES,
CONTROLS, AND TEST OF CONTROLS
C. Physical Controls
Segregation of Duties
Supervision
Independent Verification
D. Output Controls
- Designed to ensure that information is not
lost, misdirected, or corrupted and that
system processes function as intended.
Specific Issues :
Recognizing revenues from sales transactions that DID NOT
OCCUR, or from sales transactions BEFORE they are realized
Failing to recognize period end cutoff points
Underestimating allowance for doubtful accounts
Shipping unsolicited products to customers in one period that are
returned in a subsequent period
Billing sales to the customer that are held by the seller
Resolve
Test of Controls
-General
-Application
Integrated Test Facility (ITF)
-Positive results may reduce the degree of
substantive testing BUT no assurance about the
collectability of the accounts receivable.
- can provide assurance that an organizations credit
policy is being properly implemented BUT provides no
evidence that proper cutoff procedures were followed.
Substantive Tests
- Quality of internal controls bears on the nature and
extent of substantive tests determined to be necessary.
UNDERSTANDING THE DATA
2 Types of Confirmation
a. Positive Confirmation
b. Negative Confirmation
3. evaluating and controlling the responses
Testing the
Allocation/Valuation Assertion
Auditors objective:
to corroborate or refute that accounts receivable
are stated at net realizable value