Substantive Testing Audit Procedures
Substantive Testing Audit Procedures
Jn planning substantive tests, auditors consider materiality; audit risk and its
components; assertions.the nature, timing, and extent of procedures to test
fJ nancial statement
In this Chapter, a summary of the audit procedures used for substantive test
of transactions tied in to the financial statement assertion and the
A. Existence /
B. Occurrence
Recorded sales are Sales for which shipment For a sample of entriesin
for shipments of goods was not made the sales journal,
actually made to and therefore did not compare sales
invoice
austomers. occur may be recordêd. copy, customer
order, and sales
C. Completeness invoice.
All sales Goods may be shipped For a sample of shipptng
transactions that but not billed and documents, trace
sales
occurred are therefore not recorded. invoice and entry
recorded. into sales journal
and
accounts receivable
subsidiary ledger.
D. Rights and Perform cutoff
tests.
obligations
Sales recorded From a sample ot
Goods shipped on sales
represent only consignment may be invoices. examine
the
sales transactions. recorded as sales. tustomer order and
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I. Sales Transactions
A. Substantive Tests of Transactions
Potential Substantive Audit Asseräons
Misstatements Procedures
A. Existence /
B. Occurrence
Sales and accounts I . Confirm accounts receivable and perform receivable
are for alternative procedures for confirmations
C. Completeness /
D. Rights and
obligations For a sample of days,
Ali receipts ot cash Cash mav be verify that all cash
misaopropriated.
anc checks are receipts are recorded ty
reconciling daily
listing(s)
recotcied. of cash receipts and
validated deposit ticket to
cash receipts journal.
9. Compare individual customer
balances Errors in individual customers' with balances of the previous year.
accounts receivable
Assertions
A. , Existence /
B. Occurrence
For a sample of entries T,
Recorded trace to the prelisting of
collections of cash cash receipts and to
from customers. remittance advice. Fot a
sample of entries,
reconcile dally deposit to
actualreceipts Fictitious may be recorded.cash receipts cash receipts jourr,a'.
represent
E. Valuation /
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F. Measurement A customer may be given For a sample of entries n
the receipts journal Debits to cash and credit for an amount cash receipts journal
recorded to result credits to accounts bigger than actual examine remittance
in presentation receivable are payment. advice and verify that
and disclosure in valued at amounts discount taken was
accordance with received. appropriate. Foot
PFRS. accounts receivable
subsidiary ledger
B. Substantive Tests of and reconcile to the
general ledger
Details of Balances account.
Substantive Audit
Procedures G. Presentation and
disclosure
Cash receipts Entries may be made to Review account coding
a
transactions are wrong accounts. for sample of entries
in cash
Assertions
A. Existence /
B. Occurrence
Cash recorded on the Count cash on hand.
cash. I.
books exists. 2. Confirm bank balances.
3. Examine interbank transfers for the
last five days of the current period
and the first five days of the new
period.
4. Perform analytical procedures.
C. Completeness
All of the entity's cash is 5. Perform cash cutoff test.
included. 6. Prepare a proof of cash.
D. Rights and obligations
Any restrictions on cash 7. Examine standard bank confirmations
c. AnalEigal-.?-r-ogg-uzes
A. Existence /
B. Occurrence Examine underlying
Recorded Purchases that did not documents for
purchases are for occur may be recorded. authenticity and
items that were Documents may be reasonableness Scan
acquired. reused, and acquisitions voucher register for large
may be recorded twice. or unusual items. Inspect
acquired property, plant,
and equipment. Trace
inventory purchased to
perpetual records.
voucher register fot
duplicate payments
Substantive Audit
occurred are recorded.
-C. Completeness Purchases may
be
Purchases that unrecorded.
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D. Rights and sequence of entries in the
obligations voucher register.
A. Completeness
All 3.
purch
ases 4.
and
accou
1 Test cutoff to determine whether purchases and
nts . accounts payable are recorded propeny.
payab Reconcile accounts payable to vendors'
le statements and consider the need for
transa 2 confirmation with vendors. Apply analytical
ctions procedures to test purchases and accounts
. payable. Perform a search for unrecorded
are
recor liabilities.
ded.
B. Valuation
Transactions are recorded 5. Verify the mathematical accuracy of
the
at their proper amounts. vouchers payable listing and trace the
balance to the general ledger.
accounts purchases payable and accounts and expense payable. account Auditors
balances compare with previous-year current-year balances,individual
and they compare the ratios of the purchases to accounts payable and the ratios of
accoúnts payable to current liabilities with previous-year ratios.
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IV. Cash Payments Transactions
A. Substantive Tests of Transactions
Potential Substantive Audit
Misst
atements Procedures
A. Existence /
B. Occurrence
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entity's obligations.
E. V F. Measurement
al Debits to various accounts
u and credits to cash are
at valued at proper amounts.
io
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disclosure
/
Improper amounts may Recalculate invoices be paid
because of math paid. errors or incorrect discounts.
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Cash payments Payments may be Check accuracy of transactions are
credited to wrong accounts on invoices by recorded to result in
accounts. reference to chart of presentation and accounts.
Potential
A. Existence/
B. Occurrence
register statement.
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andBa1ances
D. Rights and
obligations
Payroll transactions Employees may be Examine the supervisor's
AnalyticalProcedures paid
signature on time cards
work.
E. Valuation /
F. Measurement
Fictitious exist or Reviewthe payroll
Payroll transactions Employees may be
are recorded for the overpaid or underpaid. Recalculate payro'J and
Procedures
A. Existence/
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C. Completeness / D. approved labor
Rights and obligations tickets, and
allocation of
overhead.
tickets,
authorized
labor
rates, and
standard
overhead
rates.
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variances.
Presentation and
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Costs may be assigned Check accuracy of
production to wrong accounts.
transactions are account coding by recorded to
result in reference to chart of presentation and
accounts.
disclosure in
accordance
with pFRS.
A. Existence /
B. Occurrence
All inventory of
the entity is
recorded.
4.
5.
written plan for taking it. Observe the
client personnel physically counting
inventory. Confirm inventorieS on
consi5nment and
disclos
financi
the boa
E. Valuation /
F. Measurement
Recorded inventory 9. Consid
is valued in Cr inv
accordance with for inv
PFRS. year's
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replac
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Inventory is class
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disclosed in
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6. Perform cutoff procedures. Obtain the
receiving report number for the last
shipment received prior to year-end and
determine that the item is included in
inventory. Also, identify the last shipping
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Transactions
shipping terms, when the item was
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A. Existence /
B. Occurrence
Recorded property, 1.
plant, and
equipment assets
exist. 2.
3.
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c. Completeness
4. Perform analytical procedures.
All property, plant, 5. Analyze repairs and maintenance for
and equipment are expenditures that should have been
recorded. capitalized.
6. Examine lease and loan agreements to identify
any liabilities that should be recorded.
D. Rights and
obligations 7. Determine whether any liens or
mortgages have been placed on plant
property, plant, and
equipment are and equipment by examining bank
owned by the entity. confirmations and reading minutes of the
board of directors' meetings.
E. Valuation /
F. Measurement 8. Verify accuracy of recorded property,
Recorded property, plant, and equipment
9. Verify depreciation.
plant, and
equipment are
valued in
accordance with
PFRS.
p. Presentation and
disclosure 10. Review the financial statements and
Property, plant, and perform analytical procedures to
equipment are determine whether accounts are
classified and classified and disclosed in accordance
disclosed in with pFRS.
accordance with
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