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Auditing III Revenue and Receivables
Auditing III Revenue and Receivables
AUDITING III
(ACCN 3015/6)
Revenue and
receivable cycle
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Objectives....................................................................................................... 3
2. References and disclaimer..............................................................................3
3. Process followed............................................................................................. 3
4: Scope.............................................................................................................. 4
5. Purpose of the sales and receivables business process.................................5
6. Understanding the cycle................................................................................5
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1. OBJECTIVES
These notes present an outline of the course topic to assist the students in their
preparation for assessments. References have been made to relevant areas in
the text book to assist the student in working through the literature.
When you have completed studying these notes and the relevant sections of the
text and you have completed the set tutorials without referring to the solutions,
you should be able to meet the outcomes of this topic.
3. PROCESS TO BE FOLLOWED
1
5 To understand the
Control objectives and
To understand purpose of the
business process
functional process areas ISA 200, ISA 315R & Ch 6
ISA 200, ISA 315R &
Ch 6
4
To understand the
accounting treatment and
functional areas
ISA 200, ISA 315R & Ch 6
4: SCOPE
3
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ISA 200,
Types of transactions in the cycle ISA 315
REQ 2 R, Ch
614
ISA 315R,
Accounting treatment and functional areas IAS’s, Ch
REQ 3 6.1.6
REQ 4
REQ 5 Ch6.6
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ACTION POINT
ISA 315 deals with the auditor’s responsibility for gaining an understanding of
the entity, its environment and internal controls in order to identify and assess
the risk of misstatement in the financial statements (ISA 315, para 1-3). The
standard specifies the different ‘elements’ or aspects of the entity on which the
auditor should focus. Following on from this base, we will form an understanding
of the cycle based on analysing the elements below:
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The nature and purpose of the revenue cycle is summarised by Prinsloo et al (2015),
Section 6.1.
Nature and
Forms of
purpose of Varied nature
revenue
cylcle (Section (6.1.3)
(Section 6.1.2)
6.1.1)
Functional Accounting
areas implications
(Section 6.2) (see below)
. ACTION POINT
The revenue cycle starts with an order that has been received from a customer.
The Receivables cycle starts once the revenue has been accounted for but the
cash consideration has not yet been received. The revenue cycle ends as the
receivable cycle begins. Please see Ch6, S6.1.4 for more details on how the
transactions are initiated and completed.
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The transaction process will vary from client to client depending on the
complexity of the business process and the accounting software used. Prinsloo et
al, Section 6.3 provides an overview of a typical accounting system and a
diagrammatic representation of the accounting process.
ACTION POINT
Accounting Requirements
IFRS 15 – Scope Not all transactions are in the
scope of IFRS 15. These need
to be dealt with in
accordance with the relevant
IFRSs.
IFRS 15 is only applicable to
transactions with customers
(IFRS 15, para 7)
IFRS 15 – Identification of performance For each contract with a customer,
obligations performance obligations should be
identified.
Accounting Requirements
obligations
Remember the provisions of the Companies Act covered in Auditing II. These can
be included as part of a test or exam question.
Pre- Limitations
incorporation on type of
contracts in revenue
scope of IFRS contracts by
15 MOI
Corporate
Board governance
considerations
approval for specific to the
material sales and
contracts receivable
process
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Refer to Section 6.3 for a discussion on information technologies and 6.5 for an
outline of computer technologies. In addition, Chapter 14 (Section 14.4) is
relevant:
Figure 4: CAATS
Auditing
Software
around,
checks and
Use of CAAT's through and
system
with the
descriptions
computer
. ACTION POINT
The risk in the cycle is heavily dependent on the nature and type of revenue that is held
or produced by an entity. The main risks are indicated below but this is not a complete
list. Through the completion of tutorials and other questions, this list can be expanded.
Please see ch 6.4
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To address the above mentioned risk, management has to implement application control.
Refer to Chapter 5, section 5.9 for more information on the application controls.
The figure below indicates the control objectives of the cycle. Please see Chapter 6,
section 6.6 for more information on the control objectives.
Validity
Control
objectives
Completeness
Accuracy
As with any other business process, there are generic controls that are applicable
to the cycle. These controls can be found in any other cycle. Students have to
ensure that they understand the controls as they will have to demonstrate their
understanding of these in assessments.
The internal controls are set out in figure 3 below and are applicable across the
entire business process, i.e. in each functional area of the process. Please see
the relevant sections as indicated in the section below
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As you work through the course material and literature, please pay attention to
the following areas for each of the functional areas in the business process. This
will not only help you to understand the process in sufficient detail but will assist
you during assessments.
Consider the purpose of the control objective and if the control objective has been met
If the control is not present, consider if there is a control deficiency
Why Link the above to the assertions to determine if there is a risk for the inventory item
8: INTEGRATED EXAMPLE
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You are a second year trainee accountant at MGPK and are currently
assigned to the audit of Free-Bee TV Limited (Free TV). Your firm has been
auditing this client for the past three years since Free TV’s incorporation.
Free TV is a subscription-based television channel distributor, providing
programming content in South Africa and the rest of Africa. Free TV was
set up as a competitor to DSTV.
Audit materiality has been set at R650 000. You noted from last year’s
audit file that the controls at the client were assessed as reliable in the
past.
You are currently auditing the revenue section and have identified the
following significant income streams:
Free TV has been growing rapidly and the number of subscribers has
increased from 890 000 last year to over 1 million in the current year.
Revenues from all income streams for the current financial year are
expected to exceed R4.8 billion.
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SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE
On reading the system notes in the previous year‘s audit file you noted
the following:
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Mr Tobie monitors that users change passwords regularly and that each
user only has access to the relevant module of the software pertaining to
his work. Entry to the office area is controlled via magnetic swipe cards.
He has additional responsibility for back-ups, and business continuity
plans, as ensuring a stable service to viewers is crucial to Free TV’s
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Revenue solution
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Only Mr Nadia can change bank Review change control audit trail
details of debit orders (1) (if this exists) for evidence that
only Mr Nadia has changed
details (1)
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