Reference no: EM132883055

Payables cut-off testing

The accounts payable clerk at Equestria Enterprises has been away sick for most of the last three months. During this time, the remaining staff in the accounts department have tried to cover for his absence, as well as continuing to do their own jobs. As a result of this disruption, the audit manager has assessed control risk as high for accounts payable and has adopted a predominantly substantive approach. He has decided to do extensive subsequent payments testing and cut-off testing.

Required

Problem (a) Which assertions are most at risk for accounts payable at Equestria Enterprises? Explain.

Problem (b) What is 'subsequent payments' testing? How would you select the transactions to examine?

Problem (c) How does cut-off testing differ from subsequent payments testing?