S is management accountant for a small construction company. The company's financial year is due to end in a few weeks. The company has a number of large construction projects, one of which is behind schedule. One of the directors of the company has asked S to raise an invoice for a progress payment that is due on completion of the next phase of the contract. S knows that this phase will not be complete until after the year end, but the director says that the client needs the invoice now, to allow them to process it in time for payment when the phase is complete.
Which THREE of the following would it be appropriate for S to do?
- Do as requested
- Challenge the request
- Ask for confirmation in writing from the director
- Refuse
- Bring the matter to the attention of the managing director
- Ask for advice from the company's external auditors
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