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- December 6, 2015 at 10:04 am #288153
Why is it that a reconciliation with the supplier statement will check for completeness but circularisation for receivables Balance won’t?
December 6, 2015 at 10:46 am #288168You can only circulate to customers you know about already so this will not identify missing ones.
Not sure how good the supplier reconciliation test is. If you know about a supplier the test will help show that all invoices are posted to the payables account. However, if a supplier is not listed AND statements are not sent or are suppressed by the client a payable could be missed.
December 6, 2015 at 10:55 am #288170But the circularisation could identify customers whose balances are understated in the clients records, which would confirm completeness.
December 6, 2015 at 1:16 pm #288194It would confirm existence, ownership and completeness of the receivables you know about. But it would not be conclusive evidence of completeness of the total receivables in the sofp.
December 6, 2015 at 1:20 pm #288195Neither would circularisation of payables, yet it is listed as a test for completeness for payables. Odd.
December 6, 2015 at 2:09 pm #288199Circularisation of payables only tells you about the payables balances you know about, so is inadequate.
It is necessary to look at orders, goods received notes, payments made after year end.
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