Chapter 14 Audit of the Sales and Collection Cycle Key objectives: 1. Identify the accounts and classes of transactions in the sales and collection cycle. 2. Describe the business functions and related documents and records in the sales and collection cycle. 3. Understand internal control and design appropriate tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for sales. 4. Understanding the accounting and controls for sales returns and allowances. 5. Understand internal
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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on BUSINESS and ECONOMICS Elissaveta Gourova‚ Albena Antonova‚ Yanka Todorova Knowledge audit concepts‚ processes and practice ELISSAVETA GOUROVA Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics Sofia University 125‚ Tzarigradsko shosse Blvd.‚ bl. 2‚ Sofia BULGARIA elis@fmi.uni-sofia.bg http://www.fmi.uni-sofia.bg ALBENA ANTONOVA Centre for Information Society Technologies Sofia University 125‚ Tzarigradsko shosse Blvd. bl. 2 fl. 3 BULGARIA a_antonova@fmi.uni-sofia.bg http://www-it
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Starbucks Brand Audit Starbucks - Brand Audit Ranking as the 96th in Interbrand’s Top 100 Brands of 2011 list with its $3.6 million brand value‚ Starbucks is one of the most successful and highly recognized brands. In order to understand more about the underlying strategies that brings this success‚ we analyzed the brand focusing on its brand inventory‚ brand positioning‚ marketing strategy‚ consumer perceptions and competitors. Finally‚ we evaluated Starbucks’ strengths and improvement areas
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The purpose of the Supply Chain Operations Audit is to help you find the answer to this crucial question. The Audit is divided into five main sections: Strategy‚ Organisation‚ Process‚ Information and Performance. The Supply Chain Audit Part 1 – Strategy Objective: To determine if the enterprise has a clear strategy tuned to business expectations and focused on profitably servicing customer requirements. Scope: How the enterprise’s supply chain strategy reflects its business goals and external
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INTRODUCTION Internal auditing is a management-oriented discipline that has evolved rapidly since World War II. Once a function primarily concerned with financial and accounting matters‚ internal auditing now addresses the entire range of operating activities and performs a correspondingly wide variety of assurance and consulting services. By definition‚ according to Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)‚ internal auditing is an independent‚ objective assurance and consulting activity designed to
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Employee Engagement-The Gallup Q12 Survey (or the Gallup Workplace Audit) The Gallup Q12 (1992-1999) is a survey designed to measure employee engagement. The Gallup Workplace Audit is composed of 12 items that measure employee perceptions of work characteristics. The criteria for selection of these questions came from focus groups‚ research on management and scientific studies on the aspects of employee engagement that are important and influenced by the manager at the business unit or work group
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Bagranoff and Henry article‚ cited in footnote 3‚ and the list of GAS in the Sayana article‚ cited in footnote 1. Experts say that generalized audit software (GAS) is the most common computer-assisted audit tool (CAAT) used in recent years. There are many reasons today for IT auditors to use a GAS‚ but to quote an article from this Journal‚ "Performing audits without using information technology is hardly an option."1 This article will inform IT auditors of the profitable return on learning and using
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mentioned in the case study above‚ Kellogg is going through a challenging time. Perform an external audit on Kellogg. Discuss the opportunities and threats facing the company. Answer Perform an external audit on Kellogg‚ will gain the team with better understanding of the firm industry‚ competitors and markets. It should involve as many managers and employees as possible. Before perform the audit‚ Kellogg must try to gather as much as possible on competitive intelligence and information about
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Sciences – Volume 21‚ Number 3 (2011) Dysfunctional Audit Behaviour: The Effect of Budget Emphasis Leadership Behaviour‚ and Effectiveness of Audit Review Halil Paino‚ Azlan Thani Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang‚ Malaysia E-mail: halil@pahang.uitm.edu.my Tel: +60193992676 Fax: +6094602245 Syed Iskandar Zulkarnain Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang‚ Malaysia Abstract Dysfunctional audit behaviour is an accepted problem‚ associated with decreased audit quality. This study develops and tests a theoretical
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execution of the strategy at various stages First you have to decide how you are going to tackle the audit. That’s the big picture. It could be that you decide there are no good internal controls. Your strategy would then be to not do any TOCs and concentrate on substantive procedures. Having decided that then you have to plan how you will use substantive procedures to get sufficient appropriate audit evidence. If your strategy is not to do any tests of control‚ then the detailed plan will take that
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