Categorize each of the following trends or relationships as suggesting either (a) a normal trend or relationship

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Categorize each of the following trends or relationships as suggesting either (a) a normal trend or relationship or (b) a fraud related trend or relationship:
1. The company reports consistent profits over several years, but cash flows are declining.
2. Operating cash flow is consistent with sales and net income.
3. The timeliness of accounts receivable collections declines, but credit policies are unchanged.
4. Operating cash flow is not significantly different from that of the prior year, and operations have been consistent across the two years.
5. Investment income is consistent with the level of and returns expected from investments.
6. There are unexpected declines in the petty cash account.

Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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Auditing a risk based approach to conducting a quality audit

ISBN: 978-1133939153

9th edition

Authors: Karla Johnstone, Audrey Gramling, Larry Rittenberg

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