EM2956 - Examining Accounts: Records Examination - Tests to Apply: General Scrutiny

As well as the authenticity of the overall record, it is worth giving any book a general scrutiny. Is there anything that strikes you? With 7 days a week trading, when do they find time to complete their books? Even if the records may be contemporaneous, but are there pointers to evasion or slack book-keeping?

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Once you have given the books a general scrutiny you should go on to test particular areas.