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3-20 (Objectives 23-3, 23-4) The following are misstatements that might be found in the client’s year-end cash balance (assume that the balance sheet date is June 30):

  • 1.
    The outstanding checks on the June 30 bank reconciliation were underfooted by $2,000.
  • 2.
    A loan from the bank on June 26 was credited directly to the client’s bank account. The loan was not entered as of June 30.
  • 3.
    A check was omitted from the outstanding check list on the June 30 bank reconciliation. It cleared the bank July 7.
  • 4.
    A check was omitted from the outstanding check list on the bank reconciliation. It cleared the bank September 6.
  • 5.
    Cash receipts collected on accounts receivable from July 1 to July 5 were included as June 29 and 30 cash receipts.
  • 6.
    A bank transfer recorded in the accounting records on July 1 was included as a deposit in transit on June 30.
  • 7.
    A check that was dated June 26 and disbursed in June was not recorded in the cash disbursements journal, but it was included as an outstanding check on June 30.


Required

  • a.
    Assuming that each of these misstatements was intentional (fraud), state the most likely motivation of the person responsible.
  • b.
    What control can be instituted for each fraud to reduce the likelihood of occurrence?
  • c.
    List an audit procedure that can be used to discover each fraud.