Auditing-purchase department frauds

Reference no: EM1351004

How can a purchasing manager use his/her position to defraud the company? What can be done to prevent it? Where could an auditor look to find evidence of losses on purchase commitments and unrecorded liabilities to vendors?

Many companies use the computer to generate purchase orders. Who is responsible for authorizing a purchase when the computer generates the purchase order? What controls need to be implemented in the automated matching process to ensure that only authorized payments are made for goods and services actually received, and that payments are made at the authorized prices?

Why does the auditor examine travel and entertainment expenses? What would poor controls regarding executive reimbursements say about the "tone at the top" for purposes of evaluating and reporting on internal control? How might the auditor effectively use analytical procedures in the audit of various expense accounts, such as miscellaneous expenses? Give an example of how analytical procedures might be used in the audit of such accounts.

Describe how the separation of authorization of production transactions, recording of these transactions, and physical custody of inventories can be specified among the production, inventory, and cost accounting departments.

Reference no: EM1351004

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