You are auditing Hawthorne Industries. The preliminary risk assessment resulted in a high potential for fraud given
Question:
You are auditing Hawthorne Industries. The preliminary risk assessment resulted in a high potential for fraud given the number of offices it has across Canada and the high volume of travel-related expenses, as well as the weak controls around expense management The travel expense account has been assigned to you for substantive testing and you would like to design an ADA to perform the testing.
The data you have available include:
• The general ledger
• Corporate credit card data (in aggregate, as well as employee daily totals, location of charges, and vendor category, e.g. restaurant, fuel, hotel)
• Payroll records that include start/end date, vacation and absenteeism data, and role.
What are the main assertions related to the travel expense account? (Several choices may be correct.) .
- Completeness
- Cut-off
- Classification
- Accuracy
- Occurrence
- Existence
Auditing and Assurance services an integrated approach
ISBN: 978-0133125689
15th edition
Authors: Alvin a. arens, Randal j. elder, Mark s. Beasley