TO:

Evaluate management’s instructions and procedures for

recording and controlling the results of the entity’s physical
inventory counting
Observe the performance of management’s count
procedures
Inspect the inventory
Perform test counts
(a.) Attendance at physical inventory counting
(b.) Performing audit procedures over the entity's final
inventory records
(3.1) When inventory is MATERIAL to the financial
statements, the auditor shall obtain sufficient
appropriate audit evidence regarding the EXISTENCE
and CONDITION of inventory by:
INVOLVES:
Inspecting the inventory to ascertain its existence and
evaluate its condition, and performing test counts
Observing compliance with management’s instructions and
the performance of procedures for recording and controlling
the results of the physical inventory count
Obtaining audit evidence as to the reliability of
management’s countprocedures
Existence and condition of inventory
Completeness of litigation and claims involving the entity
Presentation and disclosure of segment information in
accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework
Obtain sufficient appropriate evidence on
(2) AUDITOR'S OBJECTIVE
PSA 501 deals with specific considerations by the
auditor in obtaining sufficient appropriate audit Inventory
evidence regarding:
Litigation and claims
Segment information
(1) SCOPE
Obtaining an understanding of the methods used by
management in determining segment information, and
evaluating whether such methods are likely to result in
disclosure and where appropriate, testing the application of
(5.1) The auditor shall obtain sufficient appropriate audit such methods
evidence regarding the presentation and disclosure of Performing analytical procedures or other audit procedures
segment information in accordance with the applicable appropriate in the circumstances
financial reporting framework by:

PSA 501: Audit Evidence – Specific

(3.2) Physical inventory counting conducted other than
at the date of the financial statements (alternative date)
In addition to the procedures required in 3.1 a & b, an auditor
shall perform audit procedures to obtain audit evidence
about whether changes in inventory between the count date
and the date of the financial statements are properly
recorded
May be done irrespective of whether management
determines inventory quantities by an annual physical
inventory counting or maintains a perpetual inventory
system
The auditor shall perform alternative audit procedures,IF
POSSIBLE.
IF NOT POSSIBLE, the auditor shall modify the opinion in the
auditor's report in accordance with PSA 705.
When MATERIAL, the auditor shall obtain sufficient
appropriate evidence regarding the existence and condition
of that inventory by performing one or both of the folllowing:
Request confirmation from the third party as to the quantities
and condition of inventory held on behalf of the entity
Considerations for Selected PSAs
(5) SEGMENT INFORMATION
(3) INVENTORY
(4) LITIGATION AND CLAIMS (4.1) The auditor shall design and perform audit
procedures in order to identify litigation and claims
involving the entity which may give rise to a risk of
material misstatement, including:
Inquiry of management, and where applicable, others within
(4.3) The auditor shall modify the opinion in the the entity
auditor's report in accordance with PSA 705 if:
Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with
Communication with the entity's external legal counsel is not governance and correspondence between the entity and its
possible external legal counsel
Alternative audit procedures do not provide sufficient Reviewing legal expense accounts
(3.3) Attendance at physical inventory counting is appropriate audit evidence
impracticable (4.2) If the auditor assesses a risk of material
misstatement or when audit procedures indicate that The auditor shall do so through a LETTER OF GENERAL
other material litigation or claims may exist, the auditor INQUIRY prepared by management and sent by the auditor
shall, in addition to procedures required by other PSAs, requesting the entity's external legal counsel to inform the
SEEK DIRECT COMMUNICATION with the entity's auditor of any litigation and claims that the counsel is aware
(3.4) Inventory under the custody and control of a third external legal counsel. of with an assessment of the outcome of the litigation and an
estimate of the financial implications, including costs
party
involved.
If it is unlikely that the external legal counsel will respond
to a letter of general inquiry, the auditor may seek direct
communication through a LETTER OF SPECIFIC INQUIRY.

Perform inspection or other audit procedures appropriate in

the circusmtances