Accounts Receivable Confirmations - Positive and Negative. In work on accounts receivable, use of confirmations is of great importance.
Required:
A. What is an audit confirmation?
B. What characteristics should an audit confirmation possess if an auditor is to consider it as sufficient appropriate audit evidence?
C. Distinguish between a positive and a negative accounts receivable confirmation.
D. In confirming a client's accounts receivable, what characteristics should be present in the accounts if the auditor is to use negative confirmations?