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Chapter 14
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Learning Objective 1
Identify the accounts and the classes of transactions in the sales and collection cycle.
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Learning Objective 2
Describe the business functions and the related documents and records in the sales and collection cycle.
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Sales Transaction
Accounts Business Functions Documents and Records
Processing customer orders Granting credit Shipping goods Billing customers and recording sales
Customer order Sales order Customer order or sales order Shipping document Sales invoice Sales transaction file Sales journal or listing Accounts receivable master file Accounts receivable trial balance Monthly statements
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Remittance advice Prelisting of cash receipts Cash receipts transaction file Cash receipts journal or listing
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General journal
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Granting Credit
Before goods are shipped, a properly authorized person must approve credit to the customer for sales on account
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Shipping Goods
This is the first point in the cycle at which the company gives up assets. One type of shipping document is a bill of lading. Bills of lading are often transmitted once goods have been shipping
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This is a document used internally to indicate authority to write an account receivable off as uncollectible
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Learning Objective 3
Understand internal control, and design and perform tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for sales.
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3. Associate controls and deficiencies with the objectives 4. Assess control risk for each objective
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Proper authorization
Adequate documents and records Pre-numbered documents Monthly statements Internal verification procedures
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Improper % of completion
Fraudulent Techniques
Consignment sales
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Learning Objective 4
Apply the methodology for controls over sales transactions to controls over sales returns and allowances.
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Materiality
Emphasis on objectives
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Learning Objective 5
Understand internal control, and design and perform tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for cash receipts.
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Learning Objective 6
Apply the methodology for controls over the sales and collection cycle to write-offs of uncollectible accounts receivable.
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Accounts receivable
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Ending balance
Ending balance
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