Chapter 14

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Ordinarily, the most significant assertion relating to accounts payable is:

Completeness.

In an audit, the valuation of year-end accounts payable is most likely addressed by

Confirmation

An audit of the balance in the accounts payable account is ordinarily not designed to:

Detect accounts payable that are substantially past due.

Which of the following is the best audit procedure for determining the existence of unrecorded liabilities?

Examine selected cash disbursements in the period subsequent to year-end

In performing a test of controls, the auditors vouch a sample of entries in the purchases journal to the supporting documents. Which assertion would this test of controls most likely test?

Existence

To determine that each voucher is submitted and paid only once, when a payment is approved, supporting documents should be canceled by the:

Individual who signs the checks.

For effective internal control, the accounts payable department should compare the information on each vendor's invoice with the:

Receiving report and the purchase order.

A client erroneously recorded a large purchase twice. Which of the following internal control measures would be most likely to detect this error in a timely and efficient manner?

Reconciling vendors' monthly statements with subsidiary payable ledger accounts.

Which of the following procedures is least likely to be completed before the balance sheet date?

Search for unrecorded liabilities.

When confirming accounts payable, the approach is most likely to be one of:

Selecting the accounts of companies with whom the client has previously done the most business, plus a sample of other accounts.

The least likely approach in auditing management's estimate relating to an accrued liability is to:

Send confirmations relating to the estimate.

Auditor confirmation of accounts payable balances at the balance sheet date may be unnecessary because:

There is likely to be other reliable external evidence available to support the balances.


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