Describe the audit work that should be carried out by an auditor on suppliers invoices in the course of auditing purchases.

      

Describe the audit work that should be carried out by an auditor on suppliers invoices in the
course of auditing purchases.

  

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Kavungya
1. Invoices for capital expenditure, services, office supplies expenses
• With appropriating supporting evidence,
• See approval by duly authorised officials and verify that authority limited is being
observed.
• Check entries in plant register.
2. Invoices for goods, raw materials
• With purchase requisitions and purchase orders signed by duly authorised officials,
• With goods received rates and inspection rates,
• Check entries in stock records.
• See that partial deliveries are properly accounted for to ensure there is no duplicate
payment
• With quotations, price units, to see that the price is in order,
• If an • invoice has not been paid due to some defect in the goods, weight or price
discrepancy, trace entry in records of goods returned etc.- and see credit note duly
received from supplier.
• Check calculations and additions.
• Check entries in the purchases day book and verify that they are correctly analysed,
• Check postings to the purchases ledgers.
Kavungya answered the question on May 14, 2019 at 13:50


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