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Yоu аre аn аuditоr with Dubley & Riker LLP and are excited tо help with the planning portion of the upcoming audit of Auto Parts Extraordinaire (APO), an auto parts retailer that features parts for common domestic vehicles. Customers make their orders by sending an e-mail to the company's Sales Department.; The goods are shipped out by APO, FOB Shipping Point, with a bill of lading and the invoice is sent a few days after shipment. Invoice payment is due in 30 days. You and your audit senior are concerned that some transactions may not have been recorded in accounts receivable and the accounts receivable balance may be understated. What assertion is the auditor testing? Describe one procedure the auditor should perform in these circumstances. (3 marks)
Yоu аre the аuditоr оf Cаreful Cleaning (CC) a cleaning service company. The description of the sales and collection cycle for CC is as follows: Clients & Credit Limits CC has over 300 customers. About half of their customers are homeowners, which require household cleaning services, and the other half are corporations, which require cleaning services for their corporate offices. For each customer, CC performs a credit check prior to scheduling their first cleaning appointment. The credit limit is reviewed at the time that the application is made by the Accounts Receivable Manager. The Accounts Receivable Manager reviews the credit limits for each client on an annual basis, or if the customer has not paid for the past 3 months and still requests cleaning services. Processing Service Requests CC’s household cleaning customers call CC’s call center to book an appointment. One of the five service clerks will take the call and book the appointment. The service clerks confirm the request for services and the address verbally with the customer. They also confirm the date and time. The clerk then enters the information into the booking system, which synchronizes with the financial system on a nightly basis. Unfortunately, the system does not have a warning or notification for household customers, which would indicate to the service clerk that the customer has an overdue account. If the customer has an overdue account, a report is produced every Friday, which shows customers with overdue accounts that have upcoming bookings. The service clerks will call the customers on this listing and cancel their upcoming appointments because of the overdue accounts. This process usually prevents about 85% of customers with overdue accounts from receiving further cleaning services until their accounts are paid. Occasionally (approximately 15% of the time), customers receive the service that week, before the service clerk is able to cancel the upcoming appointment. For the corporate customers, arrangements are made at the onset of the agreement for weekly cleaning services to be provided. An annual contract is signed between the Accounts Receivable Manager (after the credit check is performed) and the corporate customer contact. At the time that the contract is signed, the Accounts Receivable Manager makes the entry into the system as follows: DR Accounts Receivable, CR Revenue for the amount of the contract. If it is a new customer, CC’s estimator will go out to the location to determine the size of the cleaning job, and determine the amount based on the service charge grid the company uses. Cash Collections Processing All customers, whether they are household customers or corporate customers, send payment by cheque directly to the company. Cleaning personnel are not permitted to take payment. The controller processes all incoming payments (only cheques are accepted) and records the journal entries associated with the payments. The cheques are deposited into the bank account on a weekly basis by the controller. At the end of each month the controller reconciles the bank account. The CFO of CC reviews the reconciliations on a monthly basis. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts is calculated by the controller by taking a percentage of the total sales for the month. The controller has been taking 3% of total sales. The estimate has not been revised in the current year, but it has always been sufficient to cover for any write-off incurred in the past. The controller is responsible to process any entries related to allowances. Required: In the space provided: 1. Identify two significant internal control strengths. For each control strength, explain how the control would prevent, detect, or correct errors. Then describe how you, as an auditor of this client, would test the control. Be specific! (8 marks) 2. Identify three significant internal control weaknesses. For each control weakness, describe how an error could occur as a result of the weakness. Then, provide management with recommendations for improvement. Be specific! Note: At least one of the weaknesses you identify must relate to a lack of segregation of duties. (12 marks)