DIRECT CONFIRMATION OF BALANCES

If the trial balance of the General Ledger agrees to the inclusion of the balance in the total accounts governing the Bought Ledger and the Sales Ledger (instead of individual balances of accounts contained therein), it would not necessarily prove Read More …

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ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES

Nature and Purpose: Since routine checks cannot be depended upon to disclose all the mistakes or manipulation that may exist in accounts, certain other procedures also have to be applied. These collectively are known as overall tests. As stated earlier, Read More …

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BALANCE SHEET AUDIT

Until recently, test checks were applied only for confirming balances in a few nominal accounts; those of stocks and stores, amount of sale and other similar records relevant to trading transactions, which were voluminous but of similar nature. Now a Read More …

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LIABILITIES

The auditor should obtain a certificate from the client that all the liabilities which had accrued due till the close of the year have been taken into account and contingent liabilities, if any, have been fully disclosed. It should be Read More …

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ASSET ACCOUNTS

The general make up of fixed asset account is: opening balance, additional adjustment of profit or loss on sale and on account of depreciation. Every entry which does not conform to this pattern should be inquired into it should be Read More …

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INCOME ACCOUNTS

It is comparatively an easy matter to verify different forms of income earned by the client during the year in totality. In respect of some of the incomes which are collected regularly, e.g., rents on lockers in the case of Read More …

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