6.8 Tralor Corporation manufactures and sells several different lines of small elec- tric components. Its Internal Audit Department completed an audit of the expenditure cycle for the company. Part of the audit involved of the internal accounting a review controls for payables, including the controls over the authorization of transactions. accounting for transactions, and the protection of assets. The auditors noted the following items: 1 Routine purchases are initiated by inventory control notifying the purchasing department of the need to buy goods. The purchasing department fills out a prenumbered purchase order and gets it approved by the purchasing manager. The original of the five-part purchase order goes to the vendor, a copy is retained in purchasing, a copy is sent to the user department, a copy is sent to receiving to be used as a receiving report, and a copy is sent to accounts payable in the accounting department. 2 For efficiency and effectiveness, purchases of specialized goods and services are negotiated directly between the user department and the vendor. Company procedures require that the user department and the purchasing department approve invoices for any specialized goods and services before making payment
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