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To determine which ones should be the focus of an audit means taking into consideration where risk lies. Inventory is one of those areas, in particular at a company with operations all over the country like Home Depot. The company has an incredible amount of inventory on the books, and the state of the inventory levels is material to the financial health of the company. A company like Home Depot will utilize automated inventory systems, and many industry leaders like Amazon actually have robots that do work at their warehouses, so Home Depot might, too. What this means is that the accuracy of the inventory tracking systems is important. There are few ways to establish that, such as running tests. But one of the ratios then is the inventory turnover -- making sure that this is accurate is important because if the inventory is turning over too slowly some of it might need to be written down, or simply that it is not being recorded properly if the number are off. So looking at the different factors that could influence the inventory turnover ratio are important (Kang & Gershwin, 2004).
Another ratio that is worth investigating is the quick ratio. This is material because it directly reflects the solvency of the business, and because it does not include the inventories. The quick ratio should be tested on the basis of ensuring that the accounts receivable is accurate, that the cash is recorded properly- that things that are cash equivalents actually are, for example. By understanding the quick ratio, the audit will be better able to establish the solvency of the company.
So at this point, we are testing the accounts receivable, the cash and the inventories. As noted there are a few ways to audit the inventories. It is not necessarily possible to do a physical count -- though this can be done for smaller companies, or if a specific location is identified as having…
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