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Applied Auditing
Audit of Cash and Cash Equivalents
The audit of cash is considered an important part of an audit mainly due to these following reasons:
• Almost all business transactions will be ultimately settled through the cash accounts, the audit
of cash accounts also assists in the verification of other asset and liability accounts as well as
revenue and expenses.
• Cash is the highly liquid asset in a company and it is an area of high inherent risk since there is
a relatively high risk of misappropriation
• Liabilities, revenues, expenses and most other assets flow through the cash account
• Cash is the most liquid of assets, thus the most susceptible to theft, embezzlement, and
misappropriation
• Errors in cash accounts may indicate errors elsewhere
Audit Objectives
There are adequate internal control structure policies and procedures for cash
• All cash should be in the custody of the client is actually on hand or deposited at the bank
(EXISTENCE)
• All of the cash in the custody of the client is properly recorded (COMPLETENESS)
• The cash in the custody of the client is properly disclosed in the financial statements
(PRESENTATION & DISCLOSURE)
Ideally, the functions of the finance and accounting departments should provide assurance that:
• All cash that should have been received was in fact received, recorded accurately, and
deposited promptly
• Cash disbursements have been made only for authorized purposes and have been properly
recorded
• Cash balances are maintained at adequate, but not excessive, levels by forecasting expected
cash receipts and payments related to normal operations
1. Lead schedule
2. Cash count sheets
3. Bank reconciliations
4. Proof of cash
5. Lists of outstanding checks
6. Lists of checks being investigated
7. Bank transfer schedule
8. Bank confirmations
9. Recommendations to the client for improving internal control, and
10. Notes concerning proper presentation of cash in the client’s balance sheet
Existence or Occurrence
• Count all cash on hand simultaneously
• Follow up subsequent dispositions of items included in the count
• Obtain or prepare reconciliations of bank accounts as of the balance sheet date
• Trace all bank transfers for the last week of the audit year and the first week of the following
year
• Confirm bank deposit and loan balances and other arrangements with bank
Valuation
• Trace a sample of entries in the Cash Receipts Journal to the Accounts Receivable subsidiary
ledgers, bank validated deposit slips and general ledger
Obtaining Analyses of Cash Balances and Reconcile them to the General Ledger
The auditor will obtain a schedule (lead schedule) that lists all of the client’s cash account. This
schedule will typically list the bank, the account number and other relevant information, and the year-
end balance per books. This list will also include cash on hand and the sources of this cash on hand.
The auditor will trace and reconcile all the accounts to the general ledger as necessary.
Cash Count
c. Other collections (e.g. return of expense advance, collection for charities, or any other
purposes not in tact and assumed to have been included among currencies. If the said
collections for any other purpose is in tact, the same shall be ignored in the cash count.
(1) Kiting. Kiting is a form of fraud that overstates cash by causing it to be simultaneously included in
two or more bank accounts. Kiting is possible because a check takes several days to clear the bank on
which it is drawn (the “float period”). Following is an example of how kiting can be used to conceal a
prior embezzlement in a company that has two bank accounts (one in Valley State Bank and one in
First City Bank).
Date Situation
12/15 Bookkeeper writes himself a P10,000 check on the Valley account, and cashes it, no journal
entry is made
12/16 Bookkeeper loses the money gambling in Bullhead City
12/31 Bookkeeper, fearing the auditors will detect the fraud, conceals the shortage by
1. Writing a P10,000 unrecorded check on First City account and depositing it in the Valley
account. This will cover up the shortage because Valley will credit the account for the
P10,000, and the check will not clear the First City account until January, no journal entry
is made until after year end.
2. When the First City bank reconciliation is prepared at 12/31, the check is not listed as
outstanding.
Kiting may be detected by preparing a bank transfer schedule, by preparing a four-column bank
reconciliation for the Valley account, or by obtaining a cutoff statement for the First City account.
(3) Bank reconciliations . Auditors generally prepare either a two- or a four-column bank
reconciliation for
the difference between the cash per bank and per books. The four-column approach (also called a
proof of
cash) will allow the auditor to reconcile
(a) All cash receipts and disbursements recorded on the books to those on the bank statement
and
(b) All deposits and disbursements recorded on the bank statement to the books.
(4) Bank cutoff statements . A cutoff statement is a bank statement for the fi rst 8-10 business
days after yearend. Know that its primary purpose is to help auditors to verify reconciling items on
the year-end bank reconciliation. Tests performed using a cutoff statement include verifying that
outstanding checks have been completely and accurately recorded as of year-end, and that deposits in
transit have cleared within a
reason able period. The statement is sent directly by the bank to the auditor. In the above kiting
example, the cutoff statement for the First City account will allow the auditor to detect the fraud since
it will include the December 31 unrecorded check.
(5) Standard confirmation form . Auditors use a standard form to obtain information from financial
institutions (Standard Form to Confirm Account Balance Information with Financial Institutions). The
form requests information on two types of balances—deposits and loans . The form requests
financial institutions to indicate any exceptions to the information noted, and to confirm any additional
account or loan balance information that comes to their attention while completing the form. Know
that the form is designed to substantiate evidence primarily on the existence assertion, and not to
discover or provide assurance about accounts not listed on the form (evidence on the completeness
assertion is not elicited).
6. Review the cutoff of cash receipts and cash disbursements around year-end to verify that
transactions affecting cash are recorded accurately and in the proper period.
7. Review bank statements to verify that book balances represent amounts to which the client
has rights.
8. Perform analytical procedures to test the reasonableness of cash balances. Tests here may
include comparisons to prior year cash balances. These procedures help verify the existence
and completeness as well as the accuracy of cash transactions.
9. Review year-end bank reconciliations to verify that cash has been properly stated as of year-
end.
10. Obtain a bank cutoff statement to verify whether the reconciling items on the year-end bank
11. Foot summary schedules of cash and agree their total to the amount which will appear on
the financial statements.
12. Reconcile summary schedules of cash to the general ledger.
13. Test translation of any foreign currencies.
CASE 1
The following are examples of audit procedures that might be undertaken on an engagement.
1. Stand by the payroll time clock to determine whether an employee clocks in just once.
2. Compare the gross profit percentage for the current year with the historical trend.
3. Examine duplicate sales invoices to determine whether an appropriate employee checked
prices and extensions and initiated the work as required by company.
6. Total the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger to determine whether it agrees with the
general ledger.
7. Inspect the year-end bank reconciliation to determine whether the internal auditor prepared it.
8. Confirm an accounts receivable balance.
Required: Identify the audit procedures performed.
CASE 2
Identify the assertion that each of the following auditing procedures would test.
h. Investigate all material checks listed on the year-end reconciliation but not returned with the
cut-off bank statement.
i. Trace the balance on the bank reconciliation to the confirmation received directly from the
bank.
CASE 3
The following bank reconciliation was prepared by the assistant controller of Hawkley, Inc., one of your
audit clients:
Hawkley, Inc.
First National Bank and Trust
Bank Reconciliation
December 31, 2017
1879
2 450
1883
2 1,100
1884
2 7,600
1885
2 323
11,073
12/31/17 Balance per general ledger P24,927
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Additional data:
1. You obtained a cutoff bank statement, dated 1/9/18 directly from First National Bank and
Trust and it revealed the following:
Deposits:
1/2/18 P6,000
1/3/18 4,000
1/4/18 7,000
1/5/18 6,000
1/6/18 8,000
1/9/18 5,000
Checks:
Check. No. Check Date Check Amount
21879 12/29/17 P 450
21883 12/31/17 1,100
21884 12/31/17 7,600
21885 12/31/17 323
21886 12/31/17 4,557
21887 12/31/17 8,300
21888 1/2/18 1,250
REQUIRED:
a. Without examining any additional corroborating data, what do you think is the correct
adjusted general ledger balance? Show all of your work and justify each addition or subtraction from
the general ledger balance.
a. Lapping
b. Embezzling
c. Kiting
d. Defalcation
3. An auditor who is engaged to examine the financial statements of a business enterprise will request
a cut-off bank statement primarily in order to
a. Verify the cash balance reported on the bank confirmation inquiry form.
b. Verify reconciling items on the client’s bank reconciliation.
c. Detect lapping
d. Detect kiting
4. To gather evidence regarding the balance per bank in a bank reconciliation, an auditor would
examine all of the following except
a. cut-off bank statement
b. bank confirmation
c. year-end bank statement
d. general ledger
5. The auditor should ordinarily mail confirmation requests to all banks which the client has conducted
any business during the year, regardless of the year-end balance, since
a. The confirmation form also seeks information about indebtedness to the bank.
b. This procedure will detect kiting activities which would otherwise not be detected.
c. The mailing confirmation forms to all such banks are required by PSA.
d. Tis procedure relieves the auditor of any responsibility with respect to non-detection
of forged checks.
6. Which of the following sets of information does an auditor usually confirm on one form?
Audit notes:
a. Rural Bank was closed two years ago. The company expects to recover only P0.60 for every
Required:
How much should Ajalon Company report as cash and cash equivalent on its December 31, 2014
balance sheet?
Problem 2
David Company is preparing its 2018 financial statements; the accounting period ends December 31.
The following items, related to cash, are under consideration. You haven been asked to indicate how
each item should be reported on the statement of financial position.
g. Three checks, dated Dec. 31, 2018, totaling P465,000, payable to vendors who have sold
merchandise to David on account were not mailed by December 31, 2018. They have not been
entered as payments in the check register and ledger.
h. Prior to December 30, David left a note that matures December 31, 2018, with its bank for
collection. The note is for P200,000 and bears interest at 9%, having been outstanding for three
months. As yet, David has not heard from the bank about collection but is confident of a
favorable outcome because of the high credit rating of the maker of the note. The company plans
to include the P200,000 plus interest in its cash balance.
As of December 31, 2018, the ledger showed cash balance amounting to P2,300,000.
Required: Compute the audited cash balance at year-end.
Problem 3
The controller of Ian Company is attempting to determine the amount of cash to be reported on its
December 31, 2018 statement of financial position. The following information is provided:
a. Commercial savings account of P600,000 and commercial checking account balance of P900,000
are held at Banco de Davao.
b. Travel advances of P180,000 for executive travel for the first quarter of next year. The employee
will reimburse through salary deduction.
c. A separate cash fund in the amount of P1,500,000 is restricted for the retirement of long-term
debt.
d. Petty cash fund of P10,000.
e. An IOU from Jade, a company officer, in the amount of P190,000.
f. A bank overdraft of P110,000 has occurred at one of the banks the company uses to deposit its
cash receipts. At the present time, the company has no deposits at this bank.
g. The company has two certificates of deposit, each totaling P500,000. These certificates of deposit
have a maturity of 120 days.
h. Ian Company has received a check that is dated January 1, 2019, in the amount of P125,000.
i. Ian Company has agreed to maintain a cash balance of P500,000 at all times at the Banco de
Davao to ensure future credit availability.
j. Ian Company has purchased P2,100,000 of commercial paper of ABC Company which is due in 60
• (CASH COUNT)
Problem 5 (Adapted)
Mary Jane is the cashier of Ubaran Corporation. As representative of the Zarate and Associates, CPAs,
you were assigned to verify her cash on hand in the morning of January 3, 2017. You began to count
at 9:00 AM in the presence of Mary Jane. In the course of your counting, you found currencies in
paper bills and coins together with checks, vouchers, and other items, which are mentioned below:
2. Cash sale of January 2, 2017 amounted to P8,650 per sales records, while cash receipts book
and bank deposit slip showed that only P7,650 was deposited in the bank on January 3, 2017
3. The following employees’ pay envelopes had been opened and the money removed. Each
envelope was marked “Unclaimed” - Ernesto, P332.50; Secinando, P447.50.
Questions
1.
The petty cash shortage of Ubaran Corporation at December 31, 2016 is
________________.
2.
The adjusted petty cash balance of Ubaran Corporation at December 31, 2016
is__________.
3.
The undeposited sales/collection of Ubaran Corporation at December 31, 2016 is
__________.
Problem 6
Gallery Company
Audit Year – 2018
Date of Count – January 2, 2019 at 8:00 am
Others:
1250
3 560 ash
C
1251
3 2,505
1 heck
C
1252
3 1,200 ash
C
1253
3 1,920
1 heck
C
1254
3 3,350
1 heck
C
1. The cash short/over of the petty cash fund at December 31, 2018
is ( 19,785)
2. The adjusted balance of the petty cash fund at December 31, 2018 is 18,350
(Bank Reconciliations)
Problem 7 (Adapted)
The bank reconciliation of Viduya Company as of January 31 of the current year is shown below:
Philippine Bank
Checks Deposit Date Balance
Balance forwarded Jan. 31 300,000
2,000,000 3 2,660,000
200,000 5 2,460,000
900,000 400,000 7 1,960,000
160,000 9 1,800,000
,000,000
1 10 2,800,000
500,000 13 2,300,000
,200,000
1 16 3,500,000
,300,000
1 21 4,800,000
550,000 23 4,250,000
5,000 SC 24 4,245,000
1,000,000 550,000 27 3,795,000
500,000 270,000 28 3,265,000
The following information was taken from the credit memo of February 28:
Feb. 2 2,000,000 17
1 00,000
2
10 200,000 20
1 00,000
5
15 1,200,000 21
1 50,000
5
20 1,300,000 22
1 80,000
1
24 550,000 23
1 1,000,000
28 450,000 24
1 20,000
1
Total 6,900,000 25
1 50,000
2
Total 4,500,000
Questions:
1. How much is the correct cash balance of Viduya Company on February 28?
2. What are the necessary entry/ies to correct the recorded cash of the company on February
28?
Problem 8
You are auditing the cash account of Ivie Incorporated for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2014. The
client has not prepared the July 31 bank reconciliation. The following information were made
available:
a. Bank reconciliation in June included the following information: Bank statement balance, June,
P172,590; Deposits in transit, P18,000; Outstanding checks, P52,260; and Balance per
general ledger, June, P140,330.
c. Checks clearing the bank in July and were recorded in the July cash disbursement journal was
at P614,010.
d. A check for P31,800 cleared the bank, but had not been recorded in the cash disbursement
journal. It was for a payment of an accounts payable.
e. A check for P11,880 was erroneously charged by the bank to Ivie Incorporated.
g. The bank charged Ivie Incorporated’s account for a non-sufficient fund check totaling to
P9,330. The credit manager concluded that the customer intentionally closed its account and
the owner left the city. The check was turned over to a collection agency.
h. A note for P174,000, plus interest, was paid directly by the bank under an agreement signed
four months ago. The note payable was recorded at P174,000 on Ivie Incorporated books.
Required:
Problem 9 (Adapted)
You are auditing the financial statements of Asidor Corporation for the year ended December 31,
2017. The internal control procedures surrounding cash transactions were not adequate. Marcela
Ramos, the bookkeeper-cashier, handles cash receipts, maintains accounting records, and prepare the
monthly reconciliations of the bank account.
The bookkeeper-cashier prepared the following reconciliation at the end of the year.
Balance P540,250
Less: Outstanding checks 246,750
Balance per general ledger P293,500
In the process of your audit, you gathered the following:
a. At December 31, 2017, the bank statement and the general ledger showed balances of
P350,000 and P293,500, respectively.
Required:
• (Proof of Cash)
Problem 10 (Adapted)
You obtained the following information on the current account of Itaas Company during your
examination of its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017.
The bank statement on November 31, 2017 showed a balance of P76,500. Among the bank credits in
November was customer’s note for P25,000 collected for the account of the company which the
company recognized in December among of its receipts. Included in the bank debits were cost of
checkbooks amounting to P300 and a P10,000 check which was charged by the bank in error against
Itaas Co. account. Also in November You ascertained that there were deposits in transit amounting to
P20,000 and outstanding checks totaling P42,500.
The bank statement for the month of December showed total credits of P104,000 and total charges of
P51,000. The company’s books for December showed total receipts of P183,900, disbursements of
P101,800 and a balance of P121,400. Bank debit memos for December were: No. 143 Service
charges, P400 and No. 145 on a customer’s returned check marked “DAIF” for P6,000.
On December 31, 2017, the company placed with the bank a customer’s promissory note with a face
value of P30,000 for collection. The company treated this note as part of its receipts although the
bank was able to collect on the note only in January 2018.
A check for P990 was recorded in the company cash payments books in December as P9,900.
Questions:
Based on the application of the necessary audit procedures and appropriation of the above data, you
are to provide the answers of the following:
Problem 11 (Adapted)
The senior auditor instructed you to prepare a four-column proof of cash receipts and disbursements
for the month of August 2018.
The bank reconciliation prepared by Palapar Company at July 31 is reproduced below: (All book
adjustments were recorded in August)
o. 450
N 1,800
o. 451
N 1,400
o. 454
N 600 4,000 ______
Adjusted balance 8,900
4 djusted balance
A 8,900
4
Upon inquiry about the client’s August 31 bank reconciliation, you were informed that it has been lost
and that no client is too busy at this time to prepare another. Your senior auditor told you to get the
August bank statement and paid checks and to prepare the August 31 reconciliation so that you may
complete the August proof of cash.
Tagupo Bank
Account name: Palapar Company
Date Debits Credits
July 31
August 1 1,800 900
August 8 1,400
August 9 600 10,000
August 12 EC 140 EC 140
August 15 1,000
August 20 700 14,000
August 27 1,440
August 29 EC 100 EC 100
August 31 SV 440
SV – Service Charges; DM – Debit Memo; EC – Error Corrected; CM – Credit Memo
The paid checks accompanying this bank statement (all clearing in August) were (checks listed in
order of payment by bank).
454 600
The check register revealed that the last check issued on August was no. 460 for P1,000 and that
check no. 457 was for P2,400.
Cash received for the period August 21 through 31 of P9,400 was deposited in the bank on September
1.
The debit memo on August 31 was customer NSF checks returned by the bank. The check on August
12 was immediately redeposited without entry. The check returned on August 31 was redeposited by
the client in the bank on September 1 without entry.
Questions:
Based on the application of the necessary audit procedures and appropriation of the above data, you
are to provide the answers to the following:
1. How much is the unadjusted book receipts for August?
2. How much is the unadjusted book disbursements for August?
3. How much is the adjusted book receipts for August?
4. How much is the adjusted book disbursement for August?
5. How much is the adjusted cash balance as of August 31, 2018?
Problem 12
Your audit senior instructed you to prepare a four column proof of cash receipts and disbursements for
the month of December 2018.
The bank reconciliation prepared by Aenon Prince Company at November 30 is reproduced below:
282 7,200
284 4,800
Tense Bank
Account Name: Aenon Prince Company
Date Debits Credits
December 01 P 18,000
December 06 48,000
December 08 400,000 CM83
December 11 56,000
December 16 20,000
December 18 64,000
December 21 72,400
December 28 36,000 80,000
December 31 4,000 DM 98 64,000 CM84
Totals P 131,200 P842,400
Cash in Bank
Balance P 58,640
12/31/2018 CDJ P304,000
12/01/2018 J
G 40,320
12/10/2018 J (CM83)
G 400,000
12/31/2018 RJ
C 440,800
Questions:
Based on the application of the necessary audit procedures and appreciation of the above data, you
are to provide the answers to the following:
• (Reconstruction of Accounts)
Problem 13 (Adapted)
Anay Corporation organized on March 1, 2017, has a very poor internal control system. The company’s
cashier is also its accountant. After 9 months of operations, the company’s manager suspects that the
cashier accountant has been misappropriating company collections. You have been engaged to audit
the company’s accounts to determine the extent of fraud, if any.
Further examination of the company’s records reveals the following balances at November 15, 2017:
Questions:
Yanguas Enterprises started its operation on October 2, 2017 with Tropico investing P150,000 cash.
Monthly bank reconciliation statements have not been prepared; however, bank statements for
October, November, and December were made available to you. Your analysis of these bank
statements showed total bank credits (deposits) of P575,000 including Tropico’s initial investment and
a bank loan, details of which are in the additional data. The bank statement in December 2017
showed an ending balance of P30,380.
Examination of the paid checks disclosed that checks totaling P4,500 were issued by the company in
December, 2017, and were presented for payments only in January 2018. Cash count of the cashier’s
accountability amounted to P6,300. You were told by the cashier that P5,000 of these, in checks,
were cash sales on December 28, 2017, deposited on January 3, 2018. The balance, in currency and
coins, represents petty cash fund.
Additional data:
b. Suppliers’ unpaid invoices for merchandise totaled P15,000, while an account for store fixtures
bought for P50,000 had an unpaid balance of P5,000.
c. Merchandise inventory at December 31, 2017 amounted to P30,000 but P5,000 of these were
spoiled with no resale value.
d. The bank statement in October showed a bank credit for P98,000, dated October 2, 2017.
Inquiry from the cashier disclosed that the amount represents proceeds of a 90-day,
discounted bank note. P80,000 of this loan was paid by check in December 2017.
e. Operating expenses paid during the period totaled P180,000; while merchandise purchases
amounted to P250,000.
• (Comprehensive)
Problem 15 (Adapted)
You have substantially completed the audit of Dimpas Corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30.
You are now consolidating your working papers and reviewing the adjusting journal entries you will
make.
Data regarding your audit of specific accounts are described below. You are expected to formulate the
appropriate adjusting journal entries and be aware of their impact on the accounts.
Undeposited collections
Currency 2,400
Postal Money Order 3,000
Customer’s check (including check for P1,500 dated July 12) 8,100
Check drawn by office manager in settlement of
cash advance returned by bank marked DAIF 1,500
Total counted 15,000
Dimpas Corporation
Bank Reconciliation with BDO Current
June 30
Balance per bank 234,100 (i)
Bank charges 600
Outstanding checks (22,700) (ii)
Deposit of Neth Corporation credited by the bank
in error to company account ( 5,000)
Audit notes:
1. Savings account #20010 has been set aside by the Board of Directors for the acquisition of
new equipment.
2. Savings account deposit #20151 represents temporary idle cash.
3. The time deposit matures July 24.
Questions:
4. PNB current account Nos. 1 and 2 should be reported in the audited balance sheet as follows:
a. P90,000 as part of cash, P15,000 as a current liability because the credit balance can
not be offset against current account no. 1
b. P75,000 as part of cash.
c. P70,000 as part of cash, P15,000 as a current liability; P20,000 compensating balance
as part of a current assets.
d. None of the above.
5. The adjusted amount of UCPB deposits that should be reported as part of cash in the audited
balance sheet is ________________.
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