You are auditing the accounts receivable for Conor Company as of December 31, 2021.  One of your procedures was to send positive confirmations to a sample of 50 accounts.  Of those 50 confirmations, 40 have been positively confirmed without comments, 7 had minor differences that have been cleared satisfactorily.  Two of the responses  had the following comments: a.  “We never received these goods.” b.  “The balance of $1,000 was paid on December 15, 2021.” For each of these comments, identify the steps that you would take to clear (resolve) them.

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You are auditing the accounts receivable for Conor Company as of December 31, 2021.  One of your procedures was to send positive confirmations to a sample of 50 accounts.  Of those 50 confirmations, 40 have been positively confirmed without comments, 7 had minor differences that have been cleared satisfactorily.  Two of the responses  had the following comments:

a.  “We never received these goods.”

b.  “The balance of $1,000 was paid on December 15, 2021.”

For each of these comments, identify the steps that you would take to clear (resolve) them.

 

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