Principles of Accounting
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781133626985
Author: Belverd E. Needles, Marian Powers, Susan V. Crosson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 11SE
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Identify whether they violated the accounting concept for the given business transaction.
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The following misstatements are included in the accounting records of Westgate Manufacturing Company.
Each month, a fraudulent receiving report is submitted to accounting by an employee in the receiving department. A few days later, he sends Westgate an invoice for the quantity of goods ordered from a small company he owns and operates in the evening. A check is prepared, and the amount is paid when the receiving report and the vendor’s invoice are matched by the accounts payable clerk.
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Required:
For each misstatement, identify the transaction-related audit objective that was not met.
For each misstatement, state a control that should have prevented it from occurring on a continuing basis.
For each misstatement, state a substantive audit procedure that could uncover it.
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Required:
1. Prepare journal entries for each transaction below. (If
no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No
journal entry required" in the first account field.)
a. On March 31, ten customers were billed for detection
services totalling $40,000.
b. On October 31, a customer balance of $2,400 from a
prior year was determined to be uncollectible and was
written off.
c. On December 15, a customer paid an old balance of
$1,650, which had been written off in a prior year.
d. On December 31, $1,050 of bad debts were estimated
and recorded for the year.
2. Complete the following table, indicating the amount.
Ignore income taxes. (Enter any decreases with a minus
sign.)
Net Receivables
a.bcd
Net Sales
Income from
Operations
As the auditor for Company A, you discover that a material sale ($500,000 sale; cost of goods of $300,000) was made to a customer this year. Because of poor internal accounting controls, the sale was never recorded. Your client makes a management decision not to bill the customer because such a long time has passed since the shipment was made. You determine, to the best of your ability, that the sale was not fraudulent. Using the framework for ethical decision making, determine whether the auditor should require either a recording or a disclosure of the sales transaction.
Instructions:
Using the framework for ethical decision making, determine whether the auditor should require either a recording or a disclosure of the sales transaction. Please make sure to use at least 100 words in your response. Once you give your response, please respond to at least two of your peers using at least 50 words in your responses. Remember to follow the netiquette guidelines found in the course…
Chapter 2 Solutions
Principles of Accounting
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