Consider the Following Procedures for the Verification of Accounts Payable

question 66

Multiple Choice

Consider the following procedures for the verification of accounts payable:
-Liquidity problems in the current year have caused the client to miss a large number of cash discounts. Further, many invoices were not paid until they became "past due."
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• A)Verify the accuracy of schedules and agreement with accounts payable balances.
• B)Apply analytical procedures.
• C)Vouch recorded payables.
• D)Confirm accounts payablE.
• E)Perform purchases cutoff test.
• F)Perform cash disbursements cutoff test.
• G)Examine subsequent payments.
• H)Search for unrecorded accounts payablE.
• I)Compare statement presentation with GAAP.

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