Requirements

a.

Identify which procedures are tests of details of balances, which are tests of controls, and which are substantive tests of transactions.

Options: Test of Control or Test of Details or S T of T = Substantive tests of transactions.

Audit procedures

Type of test

1.

Confirm accounts receivable ending balances and sales terms, such as right of return and consignment

arrangements.

2.

Review sales returns after the balance sheet date to determine whether any are applicable to the current

year.

3.

Compare dates on shipping documents with the sales journal throughout the year.

4.

Perform alternative procedures for nonresponses to confirmations.

5.

Examine sales transactions for related-party or employee sales recorded as regular sales.

6.

Examine duplicate sales invoices for consignment sales and other shipments for which title has not passed.

7.

Trace a sample of accounts from the accounts receivable master file to the aged trial balance.

8.

Trace recorded sales transactions to shipping documents to determine whether a document exists.

9.

Examine duplicate sales invoices for initials that indicate internal verification of extensions and footings.

10.

Trace a sample of shipping documents to related sales invoice entries in the sales journal.

11.

Compare amounts and dates on the aged trial balance with the accounts receivable master file.

12.

Trace from the sales journal to the accounts receivable master file to make sure the information is the

same.

13.

Inquire of management whether there are notes from related parties included with trade receivables.