You have been assigned to the first audit of the accounts of the Super Blinchiki Company of St. Petersburg, Russia, for the year ending March 31, 20X8. The accounts receivable were confirmed December 31, 20X7, and at that date the receivables consisted of approximately 200 accounts with balances totaling Russian Roubles (Rouble) 956,750. Seventy-five of these accounts, with balances totaling Rouble 650,725, were selected for confirmation. All but 20 of the confirmation requests have been returned; 30 were signed without comments, 14 had minor differences that have been cleared satisfactorily, while 11 confirmations had the following comments:

1. ‘We are sorry but we cannot answer your request for confirmation of our account as we use an accounts payable voucher system’.

2. ‘The balance of Roubles 1,050 was paid on December 23, 20X7’.

3. ‘The above balance of Roubles 7,750 was paid on January 5, 20X8’.

4. ‘The above balance has been paid’. invoice dated December 30, 20X7, number 25,050, in the amount of Roubles 11,550, were

5. ‘We do not owe you anything at December 31, 20X7, as the goods, represented by your received on January 5, 20X8, on FOB destination terms’.

6. ‘An advance payment of Roubles 2,500 made by us in November 20X7 should cover the two invoices totaling Roubles 1,350 shown on the statement attached’.

7. ‘We never received these goods’.

8. ‘We are contesting the propriety of this Roubles 12,525 charge. We think the charge is excessive’.

9. ‘Amount okay. As the goods have been shipped to us on consignment we will remit payment upon selling the goods’.

10. ‘The Roubles 10,000 representing a deposit under a lease will be applied against the rent due to us during 20X9, the last year of the lease’.

11. ‘Your credit dated December 5, 20X7, in the amount of Roubles 440 cancels the above balance’.