Objectives for the Audit Accounts
Payable and Purchases
1. Use the understanding of the client and its environment to
consider inherent risk, including fraud risks, related to
accounts payable.
2. Obtain an understanding of internal control over accounts
payable.
3. Assess the risks of material misstatement and design tests of
controls and substantive procedures that:
a. Substantiate the existence of accounts payable and the client’s
obligation to pay these liabilities and establish the occurrence of
purchase transactions
b. Establish the completeness of recorded accounts payable
c. Verify the cutoff of transactions affecting accounts payable
d. Establish the proper valuation of accounts payable and the
accuracy of purchase transactions
e. Determine that the presentation and disclosure of accounts
payable are appropriate