Chapter 7 - Revenue and Collection Cycle Flashcards
4 basic activities of the revenue and collection cycle
- receive and process customer order
- deliver
- bill
- receive payment
what sparks the recording or revenue and AR?
invoice
3 steps of using the audit risk model
- set audit risk at the desired level
- assess RMM
- set detection risk at the significant account and assertion level based on the level of audit risk and RMM
when using the audit risk model, we set the detection risk at the significant account and assertion based on..
the level of audit risk and RMM
AS 2110 indicates…
The auditor should presume that there is a fraud risk involving improper revenue recognition
3 inherent risks
- improper revenue recognition
- returns and allowances
- collectability of receivable
3 types of improper revenue recognition risks
- cutoff
- bill and hold
- channel stuffing
bill and hold refers to…
recognizing revenue before delivery
channel stuffing refers to..
sending more product than the client ordered to inflate sales
sales are typically recorded…
net
relevant assertions of revenue
occurrence, completness, cutoff
relevant assertions of accounts receivable
existence, completeness, valuation
net sales = what assertion?
occurance
net AR = what assertion?
valuation
revenue is recognized when..
good and service are transferred to customers for the amount the company expects to be entitled
revenue is a ____ process
top-down
auditors want to ensure revenue is only recorded…
once
sec guidance on revenue recognition says what?
pervasive evidence that the revenue exists, delivery, sales price is fixed and determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured
5 key revenue and collection cycle key procedures
- separation of duties
- authorization of transactions
- access to assets
- adequate documentations
- undefended check on performance
4 components of authorization of transactions
- write offs
- EDI transactions
- credit checks for approval of sale
- pricing
adequate documents and records includes…
prenumbered sales order, shipping documents, and sales involves, remittance advice
2 components of independent checks on performance
- AR subsidiary ledger to general ledger
- monthly statement to the customer
main goal of auditor is to…
have enough support to conclude whether the controls activities are operating effectively
we perform tests of controls because..
we must gain sufficient evidence to conclude if control activity is operating effectively
5 test of controls
- client inquiry
- inspections of docs
- walk thoughts
- re performance
- observation
if controls are not in place or the organization is not performing control effectively, we…
use substantive procedures
substantive procedures are determined to see..
if control fails, produce MM in financial statements
for cash and its occurance assertion, what test of IC do we use?
vouching of sales
for cash and its cutoff assertion, what test of IC do we do?
trace shipping
vouching starts where and ends where?
sales invoice, shipping docs
tracing starts where and ends where?
shipping docs, sales invoice
for the collection cycle, we vouch…
sample of invoices to shipping documents
for the collection cycle, we trace…
shipping docs to involves
vouching relevent assertion
occurance
tracing relevent assertion
completeness
vouching moves in what direction?
forward
tracing moves in what direction?
backwards
to record revenue, you need a _____ match
three way
substantive procedures are designed to…
obtain direct evidence about assertions related to a specific balance or transaction
controls testing is designed to…
collect evidence of the company’s own control activities
what assertions are dual purpose?
completeness and occurance
a decrease in CR ____ substantive procedures on account balances
recduces
a reduction in substantive procedures results in…
audit efficieivences
audit efficiency has a ____ sample size
small
greater substantive procedures means ____ sample size
larger
a decrease in CR creates a ____ in auditors assessment of the RMM in revenue cycle
decreases
substantive analytical procedure is used to..
estimate a balance than compare
a substantive test of detail is used to…
directly test the transactions that make up an account or estimate
confirmation are a substantive ____
test of detail
4 steps of auditing accounts receivable
- test AR aged trial balance
- confirm balances
- perform analytical procedures
- test sales cut off
3 categories of analytical procedures for AR
- sales revenue
- ADA BDA
- AR
analytical procedures for sales revenue
- comparisons with previous periods
- industry comparisons
ADA and BDA analytical procedures
- BDE as a % of sales
- ADA as a % of gross receivables
AR analytical procedures
- daily sales AR
- AR turnover
confirmation primarily verify what assertion?
existence
accounts to be confirmed are documented through the…
aged trial balance
4 factors to likely affect the reliability of confirmations
- previous audit experience
- recipient of confirmation
- type of info being confirmed
- type of confirmation
for positive confirmations, a _____ number of accounts are involved
small
for positive confirmations, the accounts are _____
larger
for positive confirmations, recipient responds if…
the amount is correct or incorrect
for negative confirmations, there is a ___ level of RMM
LOW
for negative confirmation, what risks are low?
control risk, RMM
blank confirmation are used if…
the recipient is likely to return the confirmation without verifying the accuracy of the info
only use negative confirmations when…
the RMM is low
exception of sending confirmations
- immaterial
- sufficient substantive testing
- low risk of MM
what confirmation are the most reliable?
positive and blank
recipients are AR confirmation may not report ____ because there is no incentive
underestimates
if there is not response for positive and blank confirmations..
you should follow up and perform analytical procedures
for no response for negative confirmation…
alternative procedures are not needed
sales cutoff procedures are used to…
verify that sales and revenue are recorded in the right period
for sales cut off procedures, we should examine…
shipping documents, involves, and returns shortly after YE
4 confirmation alternative procedures
- vouch subsequent cash collections
- examine shipping docs
- examine client produced docs
- inspect correspondance files
vouching subsequent cash collection is usually sufficient evidence of what assertions?
existence and valuation
4 steps for uncollected accounts
- inspect files for collectability
- recalculate BDA and allowance
- verify reasonableness
- inspect docs for appropriateness of accounts written off
companies reduce CR by having suitable…
operation of authority, custody, recording, and periodic reconciliation duties
error checking activities of comparing customer order and shipping documents are important for…
billing customers the correct prices for the delivered quantities
the primary substantive audit procedure is..
confirmation
confirmations of what accounts are required?
loans, AR and NR
confirmation of _______ should not be used as the only evidence of the ownership of assets
AR, NR, and loans receivable
confirmation for AR, NR, and loans receivable should not be used as the only evidence of the…
ownership of rights