Examine a sample of receiving report numbers and determine whether each purchase was recorded as an account payable.

The following audit procedures were planned by Jack Kaguri, CPA, in the audit of the acquisition and payment cycle for DeWitt Products, Inc.:
1. Review the acquisitions journal for large and unusual transactions.
2. Examine invoices and related shipping documents included in the client’s unpaid in-
voice file at the audit report date to determine whether they were recorded in the ap-
propriate accounting period and at the correct amounts.
3. Select a sample of 20 acquisitions from the acquisitions journal and trace each to re-
lated vendors’ invoices. Examine whether each transaction appears to be a legitimate
expenditure for the client and that each was approved and recorded at the correct
amount and date in the journal and charged to the correct account per the chart of
accounts.
4. Use audit software to foot the acquisitions journal for one month and trace the total
to the general ledger.
5. Send letters to several vendors, including a few for which the recorded accounts pay-
able balance is zero, requesting them to inform us of their balance due from DeWitt.
Ask the controller to sign the letter.
6. Examine a sample of receiving report numbers and determine whether each purchase was recorded as an account payable.
7. Select a sample of equipment listed on fixed asset master files and inspect the asset to determine that it exists and to determine its condition.
8. Calculate the ratio of equipment repairs and maintenance to total equipment and
compare with previous years.
9. Obtain from the client a written statement that all mortgages payable have been in-
cluded in the current period financial statements and have been accurately recorded
and that the collateral for each is included in the footnotes.
10. Recalculate the portion of insurance premiums on the client’s prepaid insurance
schedule that is applicable to future periods.
a. For each procedure, identify the type of evidence being used.
b. For each procedure, identify whether it is a substantive analytical procedure, a test of
control, a substantive test of transactions, or a test of details of balances.
c. For each test of control or substantive test of transactions, identify the transaction-
related audit objective(s) being met.
d. For each test of details of balances, identify the balance-related audit objective(s)
being met.

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