- 15 Marks
Question
Real Favour Limited is a client of Adodo Lafe & Co (Chartered Accountants). The Audit Manager has just completed his review of the audit file. His review points include:
(i) confirming ownership of motor vehicles used for distribution of goods;
(ii) confirming the amounts owed by customers;
(iii) testing the procedure of payment of wages to daily paid and casual workers;
(iv) testing the correctness of salary amounts credited to staff bank accounts;
(v) confirming the authorisation for the purchase of plant and machinery;
(vi) ascertaining that inventories belonging to the relevant periods have been accounted for during the inventory stock count;
(vii) checking the periodic trend in the performance of the company as reflected in the financial statements; (viii) confirming the existence of land and building at the branch office;
(ix) understanding the nature of one-off and unusual payments recorded in the financial records; and
(x) confirming from management that all liabilities have been provided for.
Required:
Explain which audit procedures you would deem most appropriate for obtaining audit evidence in each circumstance, as the senior in charge of the assignment.
Answer
i. Inspect vehicle registration documents;
ii. Circularise receivables and perform alternative procedures where no reply is received;
iii. Observe the procedure of payment of wages to daily paid and casual workers;
iv. Perform proof in total/analytical review on salaries;
v. Inspect board minutes and purchase invoices;
vi. Perform cut-off tests on purchases and sales;
vii. Perform analytical procedures on the financial statements;
viii. Physically inspect the land and buildings or obtain a surveyor‟s certificate;
ix. Inspect supporting documentation such as invoices; and
x. Obtain a management representation letter.
- Topic: Audit evidence
- Series: MAY 2025
- Uploader: Samuel Duah