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Summary Auditing Notes for South African Students - Inventory + Acquisition and Payment + Revenue and Receipts + Personnel and Payroll cycles. (EACG2708)

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Notes of a second year student studying Bachelors of Accounting at the University of the Free State. With this notes that i have compiled, i was able to proudly say that i received a distinction in Auditing by using this notes. If you are struggling with Auditing use this notes, and you could also ...

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  • January 22, 2022
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Chapter 12
Inventory cycle

Characteristics of the inventory cycle

• Organisation shaped around type of inventory
Heart of the business • Plant and equipment specific to production
• Warehouse designed for specific inventory
Calculation:
Effect on financial → Cost of sales, gross profit, net profit (SPL)
statements → Inventory (SFP)
Control activities needed to ensure no material misstatement of inventory.
➢ No influence on entities outside company
Internal cycle ➢ Supporting cycles dealing with outside entities: acquisitions and
revenue cycle.
o Physical controls are required because of
- Stolen inventory
- Damaged inventory
Physical asset o Examples of physical controls
- Guards
- Alarms/surveillance
- Restricted access
To manipulate profits and assets at year-end – manipulate inventory.
Inventory fraud
Diverse in

Nature ❖ Easy to identify
Diversity of inventory ❖ Hard to identify
❖ Growing/moving
Location ❖ Multiple warehouses
❖ Obscure locations
Diversity has influence on ❖ Possession of others (customs)
auditor as inventory is ❖ In transit
highly dependent on its Permanence ❖ Fresh produce
characteristics. ❖ Products with expiry dates
❖ Technological obsolescence
Stage of Raw materials
development Work in progress
Finished goods

,Identify the types of documents in the inventory processes


• Transfer from receiving bay to warehouse
Goods received note
• Warehouse clerk signs when goods delivered


Materials requisition/issue
note • Request to release materials or components


Manufacturing/production • Notify production what to produce
schedules • Production plan will determine


• Track stages of production for specific job
Job Cards
• Costs are recorde on card


Production report • Report results of output


• Identify all costs anticipated in manufacturing
Costing schedule
• "budget" for production costs


Transfer to finished goods • Transfer of goods from manufacturing to
note finished goods department


Picking slip and delivery
notes • Control movement of goods after sold


• Used during inventory count
Inventory sheet
• Description, location, quantity, cost


• Small cardboard attached to inventory
Inventory tag
• 2 parts - double count


Inventory adjustment form
• Adjustments to correct records if actual
inventory differs from theoritical inventory

,Study page 12/6 and 12/7

, Year-end inventory count

PLANNING AND PREPARATION BEFORE THE COUNT

1. Clearly plan the date & time of the count

2. Method of counting: tag system, 2-person count

3. Staff requirements: One independent (from warehouse) staff member + warehouse staff member

4. Controller/Supervisor: Make sure the instructions are followed

5. Preparing the warehouse: STOP all operations (including movements); tidy racks, mark damaged
goods, stack goods together

6. Warehouse floorplan: identify count areas for count teams

7. Identify Locations: categories of inventory

8. Consignment Stock: legally owned by one party, but held by another, the second party is
responsible for distribution or retail operations. Count consignment stock to re-order if needed.

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