Exam 9: Auditing the Revenue Cycle
Distinguish between a packing slip, shipping notice, and a bill of lading.
The packing slip travels with the goods to the customer, and it describes the contents on the order. Upon filling the order, the shipping department sends the shipping notice to the billing department to notify them that the order has been filled and shipped. The shipping notice contains additional information that the packing slip may not contain, such as shipment date, carrier and freight charges. The bill of lading is a formal contract between the seller and the transportation carrier; it shows legal ownership and responsibility for assets in transit.
What are the three rules that ensure that no single employee or department processes a transaction in its entirety?
The three rules that ensure segregation of functions are:1. Transaction authorization should be separate from transaction processing
2. Asset custody should be separate from asset record keeping.
3. The organization structure should be such that the perpetration of a fraud requires collusion between 2 or more individuals.
At which point is supervision most critical in the cash receipts system?
C
A credit sale is made to a customer, even though the customer's account is four months overdue. Describe a specific internal control procedure that would prevent this from happening.
The stock release document is prepared by the shipping department to provide evidence that the goods have been released to the customer.
The reconciliation that occurs in the shipping department is intended to ensure that
In a manual system, the billing department is responsible for recording the sale in the sales journal.
With regard to segregation of duties, rule one is that transaction authorization and transaction processing should be separated. What does this require in the revenue cycle?
What specific internal control procedure would prevent the shipping clerk from taking goods from the storeroom and sending them to someone who had not placed an order?
In most large organizations, the journal voucher file has replaced the formal general journal.
Internal controls for handling sales returns and allowances do not include
A weekly reconciliation of cash receipts would include comparing
Periodically, the general ledger department receives all of the following except
What function does the receiving department serve in the revenue cycle?
Which control does not help to ensure that accurate records are kept of customer accounts and inventory?
In a computerized accounting system, segregation of functions refers to inventory control, accounts receivable, billing, and general ledger tasks.
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