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Jack PA is the auditor of Jill Corporation.Jack followed last year's working papers in selecting accounts payable to confirm.Jack mailed confirmations to 50 of Jill's 200 suppliers.The sample was designed to select accounts with the largest balances.Jack and Jill spent a lot of time reconciling minor differences between the confirmation amounts and the accounts payable trial balance.
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Do you believe that Jack should have used the same sample design for accounts payable confirmations this year? If not,what suggestions can you give to improve the design?
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