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ACCT 444 Week 2 Homework

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3. The accountant recorded cash received in the first few days of the next accounting period<br />

in the current accounting period to avoid a negative cash balance.<br />

4. Discounts on checks to Franklin’s largest vendor are never taken, even though the bills<br />

are paid before the discount period expires. The president of the vendor’s company<br />

provides free use of his ski lodge to the accountant who processes the checks in exchange<br />

for the lost discounts.<br />

5. Franklin shipped and billed goods to a customer in New York on December 23, and the<br />

sale was recorded on December 24, with the understanding that the goods will be<br />

returned on January 31 for a full refund plus a 5 percent handling fee.<br />

6. Franklin’s factory superintendent routinely takes scrap metal home in his pickup and sells<br />

it to a scrap dealer to make a few extra dollars.<br />

7. Franklin’s management decided not to include a footnote about a material uninsured<br />

lawsuit against the company on the grounds that the primary user of the statements, a<br />

small local bank, will probably not understand the footnote anyway.<br />

Required<br />

1. Identify which of these activities are frauds.<br />

1. For each fraud, state whether it is a misappropriation of assets or fraudulent<br />

financial reporting.

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