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In an audit of purchasing department, which of the following ordinarily would be considered a risk factor?

A. Purchases are made against blanket or open purchase orders for certain types of items.

B. There is a failure to rotate purchases among suppliers included on an approved vendor list.

C. Purchase specifications are developed by the department requesting the material.

D.Purchases are made from parties related to buyers or other company officials.

 

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Question added by Hany Sabry , Finance Manager , GMC for Engineering & Feeding Industries (S.A.E)
Date Posted: 2015/01/18
Ahmed Abdulgadir
by Ahmed Abdulgadir , Group Head of Internal Audit , NPS-Energy Group

d

D. shall be considered a risk at financial statement level, as procedures must be actioned to ensure transactions are conducted at arms-length, otherwise additional disclosure will be required to the notes to the financial statements.

Mir Mujtaba Ali
by Mir Mujtaba Ali , Internal Audit Manager , Confidential

d

Waqas Raza Khan
by Waqas Raza Khan , Accountant , Cold Store Group of Saudi Arabia

Option D

Elke Woofter
by Elke Woofter , Project Assistant , American Technical Associates

D.Purchases are made from parties related to buyers or other company officials... would be the biggest one ... not good dealing with relatives ... one could be accused of favoritism or being corrupt

Khurram Shaukat Memon
by Khurram Shaukat Memon , Academic Research Writer , Freelance Academic Research Writer

My guess is option (d) for an answer.

محمد داود محمد محسن
by محمد داود محمد محسن , رئيس قسم مالي / رئيس قسم تدقيق داخلي / رئيس قسم حسابات / رئيس قسم محاسبة تكاليف , امانة عمان الكبرى

    D.  Purchases are made from parties related to buyers or other company officials

But likes to be within

Design audit procedures that are capable to reduce audit risk.

   Define the concept of risk necessary for audit work and the responsibility of the auditor of them.

   Determine the accounting system and internal control system.

    Clarify the concept of risk and the responsibility of the discovery of which the auditor.

Abd ElRahman Mohammed Idris Mohammed
by Abd ElRahman Mohammed Idris Mohammed , Internal Audit Manager , Kenana Sugar Company Limited

(D) is the correct answer.

Mahmoud El Helw
by Mahmoud El Helw , Category Manager , Sharaf DG Co

(D) is the answer

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