What is test checking in auditing?
Test checking is a substitute for detailed checking. It involves only a partial checking. The auditor normally does not check completely all the records made into the books of accounts but, through a process of sampling, selects a few items and if they are found correct, he presumes that the remaining entries would also be correct likewise. Thus, test checking 1S based on a simple theme that” if a representative number of transactions, so selected at random by the auditor for test checking, is found to be correct, the remaining ones would also be correct.” Thus, the whole system of test checking implies selecting and checking only a few selected transactions so as to enable the auditor to form his final judgement as to the whole set of transactions. Image…