Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 16.3MCQ
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Identify which situation out of the given options will help prevent the act done by the factory supervisor of forging the payroll records and routing money in his own bank account.
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