Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Management
assertions about
Audit report
components of
financial statements
Auditor reaches a
conclusion based on Audit Procedures
the evidence
Provide evidence on
the fairness of the
financial statements
Accuracy
Occurrence
Cutoff
Completeness
Classification
Authorization
Presentation
Accuracy
Existence
Valuation &
Allocation
Rights & Obligations
Classification
Completeness
Presentation
Information used by auditor in arriving at the
concussions on which the audit opinion is based
Documentary evidence
Original documents
Evaluation of evidence requires
understanding of both:
Rights and obligation Inquire of management whether receivable have been sold
Tracing
Tests Completeness Journal or
Source Ledger
Document
Vouching (Books)
Tests Occurrence
Inspection of tangible assets
• Physical examination of a tangible asset
Reperformance
Auditor executes procedures or controls
Analytical Procedures
Examination of financial information made by a study of
plausible relationships in both financial and nonfinancial
data
Scanning
Review accounting data to identify significant or unusual
items to test
• Inspection of records
and documents • Inspection of tangible
• Observation assets
• Confirmation
• Inquiry • Reperformance
• Analytical procedures
• Recalculation
• Scanning
Lower Higher
After assessing potential
effectiveness of internal
No controls, will tests of
controls be conducted?
Usually the answer is yes
Yes
Do test of controls
Yes
Perform substantive
analytical procedures
Is additional substantive
No
evidence needed?
Yes
Perform substantive tests of details on
Document results
transactions and or balances
Remaining Assurance Needed From Tests of
Details
Substantive Analytical
Procedures
Tests of
Controls
Fill the bucket
with evidence Risk Assessment
Procedures
Controls
Substantive
testing and
analytical Test of details
risk
procedures
assessments
Provide a focal point for reviewing work of subordinates. Helps to provide a basis
for quality reviews
Show how the audit complied with auditing and
related practice standards
Budgets
Industry standards
Competitor information
Management’s analysis
Precision – Quality of an expectation
Quantification
Corroboration
Evaluation
Quantification Corroboration Evaluation