An organization's policies allow buyers to authorize expenditures up to $50,000 without any other approval. Which of the following audit procedures would be most effective in determining if fraud in the form of payments to fictitious companies has occurred?
- Use generalized audit software to list all purchases over $50,000 to determine whether they were properly approved.
- Develop a snapshot technique to trace all transactions by suspected buyers.
- Use generalized audit software to take a random sample of all expenditures under $50,000 to determine whether they were properly approved.
- Use generalized audit software to select a sample of paid invoices to new vendors and examine evidence that shows that services or goods were received.
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