1 / 19

Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities

Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities. Besides Accts Payable: Accrued Liabilities Misc. S/T Liabilities. Controls Over the Acquisition Cycle. Segregation of duties--purchases and disbursements Approval of purchase orders Numerical control of purchase orders and receiving reports

norman-patrick
Download Presentation

Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities • Besides Accts Payable: • Accrued Liabilities • Misc. S/T Liabilities

  2. Controls Over theAcquisition Cycle • Segregation of duties--purchases and disbursements • Approval of purchase orders • Numerical control of purchase orders and receiving reports • Matching of details of vendors’ invoices to purchase orders and receiving documents • Approval of vendors’ invoices • Pre-numbered checks • Reconciliation of details of individual disbursements to controlling accounts • Reconciliation of vendors’ statements to accounts • Reconciliation of bank accounts • Use of budgets and analysis of variances • Use of chart of accounts and review of account coding

  3. Acquisition Cycle Documents Client Purchase Order Client Receiving Report Vendor Invoice Vendor Monthly Statement Client Check Disbursement

  4. Most Likely MisstatementsAccounts Payable and Related Accounts • Incorrect recording- purchase/disbursement • Misappropriation of purchases • Embezzlement (disbursement or purchase) • Duplicate payments for purchases • Unrecorded disbursements • Out-of-Period recording of purchases or disbursements • Failure to accrue liabilities

  5. Objectives of Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Purchases • Substantiate the Existence of recorded accounts payable and occurrence of purchases • Establish the Completeness of accounts payable and purchase transactions • Determine that the client has Obligations(Right) to pay the recorded accounts payable • Establish the clerical accuracy of records and supporting schedules • Determine that the Valuation of accounts payable is in accordance with GAAP • Determine that the Presentation and disclosure of accounts payable and purchases are appropriate

  6. Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Related Accounts • Obtain trial balance of accounts payable and reconcile with the ledgers

  7. Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Related Accounts • Obtain trial balance of accounts payable and reconcile with the ledgers • Vouch balances payable to selected vendor invoices • Reconcile recorded liabilities with vendors’ statements

  8. Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Related Accounts • Obtain trial balance of accounts payable and reconcile with the ledgers • Vouch balances payable to selected vendor invoices • Reconcile recorded liabilities with vendors’ statements • Confirm accounts payable

  9. Contrasting Confirmation of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Accounts PayableAccounts Receivable Primary Audit Completeness Existence Objective Other Evidence Available Confirmation Generally Required?

  10. Contrasting Confirmation of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Accounts PayableAccounts Receivable Primary Audit Completeness Existence Objective Other Evidence External evidenceInternal evidence Available held by client (i.e., (i.e., sales invoices) vendor invoices Little external evidence and statements) Confirmation Generally Required?

  11. Contrasting Confirmation of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Accounts PayableAccounts Receivable Primary Audit Completeness Existence Objective Other Evidence External evidence Internal evidence Available held by client (i.e., (i.e.., sales invoices, vendor invoices receiving reports, and statements) etc.) Confirmation Generally Required? NOYES

  12. Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Related Accounts • Obtain trial balance of accounts payable and reconcile with the ledgers • Vouch balances payable to selected vendor invoices • Reconcile recorded liabilities with vendors’ statements • Confirm accounts payable • Perform analytical procedures

  13. Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Related Accounts • Obtain trial balance of accounts payable and reconcile with the ledgers • Vouch balances payable to selected vendor invoices • Reconcile recorded liabilities with vendors’ statements • Confirm accounts payable • Perform analytical procedures • Perform search for unrecorded liabilities

  14. The Big Search • This is the KEY substantive test for A/P • Be alert throughout the audit (esp, in audit of cash, inventories, capital leases) • Specific Steps: • Review cash disbursements for 1 to 2 weeks after B.S. date • Identify unmatched P.O.s, receiving reports, invoices around year-end • Review invoices rec’d shortly after year-end

  15. Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Related Accounts • Obtain trial balance of accounts payable and reconcile with the ledgers • Vouch balances payable to selected vendor invoices • Reconcile recorded liabilities with vendors’ statements • Confirm accounts payable • Perform analytical procedures • Perform search for unrecorded liabilities • Evaluate other current liabilities

  16. Payroll Liabilities Commissions Employee Bonuses Deferred Compensation Income Tax Payable Property Taxes Pension Liabilities Postretirement Benefits Employee Vacation Warranty Liabilities Customer Deposits Sales Tax Payable Other (Accrued) Liabilities

  17. Other (Accrued) Liabilities Key Audit Approach • Identify missing ones by asking client, looking at recorded expenses for ones that should have accruals and brainstorm ones that should be there • Then, evaluate computations like any accounting estimate. • Consider asking for Helpfrom specialists.

  18. Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Related Accounts • Obtain trial balance of accounts payable and reconcile with the ledgers • Vouch balances payable to selected vendor invoices • Reconcile recorded liabilities with vendors’ statements • Confirm accounts payable • Perform analytical procedures • Perform search for unrecorded liabilities • Evaluate other current liabilities • Identify related party payables

  19. Substantive Tests of Accounts Payable and Related Accounts • Obtain trial balance of accounts payable and reconcile with the ledgers • Vouch balances payable to selected vendor invoices • Reconcile recorded liabilities with vendors’ statements • Confirm accounts payable • Perform analytical procedures • Perform search for unrecorded liabilities • Evaluate other current liabilities • Identify related party payables • Evaluate financial statement presentation and disclosure

More Related