As part of your first audit of the financial statements of Marina del Rey, Inc., you have decided to confirm some of the accounts payable. You are now in the process of selecting the individual companies to whom you will send accounts payable confirmation requests. Among the accounts payable you are considering are the following:

a. Which two of the above four accounts payable would you select as the most important to confirm? Explain your choice in terms of the audit objectives in sending accounts payable confirmation requests.
b. Assume that you are selecting accounts receivable to be confirmed. Assume also that the four companies listed above are customers of your client rather than suppliers and that the dollar amounts are accounts receivable balances and total sales for the year. Which two companies would you select as the most important to confirm? Explain yourchoice.

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Amount Payable at Year-End Total Purchases from Vendor during Year Company Dayco, Inc. Gearbox, Inc. Landon Co. Western Supply 22,650 65,000 190,000 $1,980,000 46,100 75,000 2,123,000