The document outlines audit procedures for receivables, including confirming receivables balances with debtors, testing cutoff procedures to ensure receivables are recorded in the proper period, reviewing collectability and adequacy of allowance for doubtful accounts, and evaluating financial statement presentation and disclosure of receivables. Specific procedures include tracing selected accounts to subsidiary ledgers, sending confirmation letters, investigating exceptions, and verifying past due accounts that have not been subsequently paid.
The document outlines audit procedures for receivables, including confirming receivables balances with debtors, testing cutoff procedures to ensure receivables are recorded in the proper period, reviewing collectability and adequacy of allowance for doubtful accounts, and evaluating financial statement presentation and disclosure of receivables. Specific procedures include tracing selected accounts to subsidiary ledgers, sending confirmation letters, investigating exceptions, and verifying past due accounts that have not been subsequently paid.
The document outlines audit procedures for receivables, including confirming receivables balances with debtors, testing cutoff procedures to ensure receivables are recorded in the proper period, reviewing collectability and adequacy of allowance for doubtful accounts, and evaluating financial statement presentation and disclosure of receivables. Specific procedures include tracing selected accounts to subsidiary ledgers, sending confirmation letters, investigating exceptions, and verifying past due accounts that have not been subsequently paid.
The document outlines audit procedures for receivables, including confirming receivables balances with debtors, testing cutoff procedures to ensure receivables are recorded in the proper period, reviewing collectability and adequacy of allowance for doubtful accounts, and evaluating financial statement presentation and disclosure of receivables. Specific procedures include tracing selected accounts to subsidiary ledgers, sending confirmation letters, investigating exceptions, and verifying past due accounts that have not been subsequently paid.
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SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURES FOR RECEIVABLES
ASSERTIONS AUDIT OBJECTIVES AUDIT PROCEDURES SPECIFIC AUDIT
PROCEDURES Existence or To determine that Obtain schedule of Selected accounts Occurrence receivables exists and aged loans and should be traced to represent bona fide receivables the subsidiary ledger. Rights and obligations owned to schedule and Determine the Obligations the company as of reconcile to method, timing, and the statement of ledgers the number of position date. Confirm confirmations to be receivables with requested. debtors. Send confirmation Perform analytical letters to the debtors. procedures Investigate any exceptions noted by customers to recorded balance Prepare summary of the results of the confirmation Perform the following alternative procedures for any unreturned confirmations: (1) Examine collections made subsequent to the confirmation date; (2) Trace invoice number and amounts collected to the individual customer’s account and to the record of cash receipts and to the bank deposit Completeness To determine that all Test cutoff to transactions relative determine to receivables have whether been recorded in the receivables are proper accounting recorded in the period. proper accounting period Valuation and To determine that Review Verify past-due allocation receivables are collectability of accounts receivable recorded and receivables and listed in the aging presented at proper determine the schedule that have amounts in adequacy of not been paid accordance with allowance for subsequent to the SFP PAS/PFRS. doubtful accounts date Recalculate the Determine credit interest income ratings for delinquent from the loans and unusually large receivable accounts Evaluate confirmations exceptions for indication of amounts in dispute or other clues as to possible uncollectible account Summarize in a working paper accounts considered to be doubtful Independent computation of the interest earned during the year on loans receivable Presentation and To determine that Evaluate financial Review the minutes of Disclosure the receivables are statement directors’ meeting properly presented presentation and and confirm with and classified in the banks any selling or statement of financial disclosure of assigning of accounts position receivables receivables Obtain written client representations regarding pledge, discount or assignment of receivables, and about receivables from officers, directors, affiliates or other related parties