Auditors know that journal-entry testing is one of many procedures they can use in addressing client data completeness and, hence, audit risk (see AU-C Section 240, Consideration of Fraud in a ...

Business managers and accountants commonly use double entry bookkeeping to record business transactions and compose financial statements. Journal entries are initial records of the day-to-day ...

If your small business used a mortgage for a home purchase, a journal entry affects the property, mortgage payable and cash accounts. If you paid all cash for a home, a journal entry affects the ...

The top-side journal entry is most susceptible to fraud by management override. It’s possible to make adjustments in subledgers, but this requires collusion with other organizational departments, ...