Types of Audit Evidence Auditors must gather a combination of many types of audit evidence to best reduce their audit risk. There are seven major types of audit evidence: 1) accounting information system, 2) documentary evidence, 3) third-party representation, 4) physical evidence, 5) computations, 6) data interrelationships, and 7) client representations. Audit evidence is any information that corroborates or refutes the auditors' premise that the financial statements present fairly the client's financial position and operating results. Match each definition or example with its correct type of audit evidence. .