To Test for Overstatement Cutoff Amounts When Auditing Accounts Payable

question 18

True/False

To test for overstatement cutoff amounts when auditing accounts payable, the auditor should trace receiving reports issued before year-end to related vendors' invoices to make sure they are not recorded as accounts payable.

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