Canterlot Chartered Accountants is a successful mid-tier accounting firm with a large range of clients across Australia. During the 2020 year, Canterlot gained a new client, Cloudsdale Medical Group (CMG), which owns 100 per cent of the following entities:

• Everfree Forest Hospital, a private hospital group

• Calendula Care, a private nursing home

• Tempo Cancer Treatment Limited (TCTL), a private oncology clinic that specialises in the treatment of cancer. Year-end for all CMG entities is 30 June.

During the 2020 financial year, Everfree Forest Hospital released its own range of medical supplies such as bandages and first aid kits, which are sold via direct marketing by a sales team employed by the hospital. The sales team are remunerated via a base salary and a bonus component which is based upon the dollar value of sales they generate. You recognise that their main motivation is to maximise their bonuses. You select a sample of payments received by the hospital post year-end and trace back to the general ledger and customer account balance.

In addition, you are reviewing the results of a number of tests in relation to accounts payable at Calendula Care.

For each of the test results for Calendula Care:

(a) Identify whether this is a test of controls or a substantive test of detail.

(b) Determine the key assertion addressed by the test procedure.

(c) Explain why the conclusion reached is appropriate or inappropriate.

(d) Outline the key additional procedure that you believe needs to be performed.

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Test Result Conclusion A number of suppliers were selected from the list of trade creditors at year-end and balances traced to supplier invoices and Accepted as no goods received notes to ensure goods were received prior to the year-end. For two creditors out of 15 tested the balance was material errors only marginally overstated. located. 1 2 Selected a number of suppliers' invoices and checked that the pricing and discount terms have been reviewed and authorised by the purchase manager. Three out of 20 invoices tested had not been authorised and incorrect discounts were recorded for these invoices. A follow-up of the three samples with deviations did not highlight a pattern or specific reason for the errors. Accepted as the errors in discounts claimed were immaterial.