Confirmation of Accounts Receivable Is Presumptively a Mandatory Audit Procedure

question 73

Essay

Confirmation of accounts receivable is presumptively a mandatory audit procedure.In performing this procedure,auditors use positive confirmation requests or negative confirmation requests or a combination of both.
a.Describe three conditions which should exist for the auditors to use the negative form of request.
b.If a response is not received to an initial positive confirmation request,describe the action that should be taken by the auditors,including a discussion of alternative auditing procedures.

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Definitions:

Current Account

Part of a country's balance of payments, including the trade balance, net income from abroad, and net current transfers, reflecting the difference between a nation's savings and its investment.

Balance of Payments

This is a record of all financial transactions made between consumers, businesses, and the government in one country with others.

Managed Floating Exchange Rate

A currency value system that allows its exchange rate to fluctuate in response to the foreign-exchange market but with central bank interventions to stabilize it when deemed necessary.

Flexible Exchange Rates

A foreign exchange system where exchange rates are determined by the supply and demand for currencies and can fluctuate freely.