What is the difference between compliance testing and
substantive testing?

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What is the difference between compliance testing and substantive testing?..

Answer / labstery

In compliance testing you gather evidence with the objective
of testing an organization's compliance with control
procedures, eg. when you run a report to verify that certain
controls had been applied over a database table.
In substantive testing, you gather evidence to evaluate the
integrity of data, a transaction or other information. eg.
you run a report to verify if the amount paid to vendors is
accurate.

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What is the difference between compliance testing and substantive testing?..

Answer / manojs

compliance testing are methods designed to obtain the
assurance of internal controls systems whether its is
effective.


substantive testin are the methods designed to know the
accuracy of the accounting systems

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What is the difference between compliance testing and substantive testing?..

Answer / amit

In compliance testing you gather evidence with the objective
of testing an organization's compliance with control
procedures, eg. when you run a report to verify that certain
controls had been applied over a database table.
In substantive testing, you gather evidence to evaluate the
integrity of data, a transaction or other information. eg.
you run a report to verify if the amount paid to vendors is
accurate.

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