AUDITING PRACTICE
Audit of Accounts Receivable
PROBLEM 1
Pinnacle Corporation’s general ledger showed the following information:
Accounts Receivable P550,000 (debit)
Allowance for Doub!ul Accounts 16,500 (debit)
On the other hand, the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger shows the following composition:
Invoice Date Invoice Amount Balance
Customer A 12/06 P42,000
11/29 63,540 P105,540
Customer B 9/27 36,000
8/20 26,760 62,760
Customer C 12/30 20,000
12/08 40,000
10/25 31,800 91,800
Customer D 11/17 69,420
10/09 66,000 135,420
Customer E 12/12 57,600
8/20 37,200 94,800
Customer F 9/12 52,200 52,200
Audit notes:
a. Accounts receivable con"rmation le#ers were sent to the customers. You have noted the
following:
Customer Balance per reply Remarks
Customer B P36,000 Invoice dated 8/20 was already se#led. Investigation
revealed that Customer B’s payment was erroneously
posted against Customer E’s account for an invoice
dated 12/20 for the same amount.
Customer C 71,800 The di$erence was due to the invoice dated 12/30.
Goods have not yet been received by Customer C as
of December 31. Terms of sale is FOB Destination.
Customer E 121,560 “Amount per our records appear to be higher, so
please check”.