my subject is auditing

I need you to solve this question with 10lines , and with your own works without copying from websites and Chegg itself also without plagiarism please , include thee-text book you will refer to also.

Case1: You are auditing SAB, which has a December 31^st year-end. On December 24^th, the person responsible for processing receiving reports and recording the receipt of inventory became very ill and was out of the office for a week. Due to the company's small staff and the holiday season, a number of the receiving reports were not processed on a timely basis.

As an auditor, on which assertion would you place a high importance for this entity and how would you test for it? (5 marks)

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