How to answer substantive procedure questions?

The way I learn substantives is pretty good I will share it and see if it helps for you.

Let’s say your doing Receivables

Receivables is a SFP balance and the key assertions are Existence, valuation, Rights, and cut -off

Now all you gotta do is come up with 1 test for each assertion

So for example for existence

Circulate a letter to sample of receivables, with permission from client, asking them to confirm the balance owed to business?
Now this is only half coz I haven’t said why I’m doing it.

So this will help to verify existence and valuation of receivables.

In your case, depreciation is an estimate.

Enquire of management as to how the deprecation was calculated to ensure its reasonable.

Recalculate the deprecation charge to ensure its accurate.

Hope these help

Best of luck tomorrow

Your right.

But your test could be something like this.

For a sample of invoices after year end, inspect GEN for date of despatch to ensure receivables are recorded in the right period. This will ensure that cut – has been done correctly.

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