In order to help the audit team assigned to the audit of a major client's property, plant and equipment accounts better understand the link between auditing assertions and this area of the audit, the audit manager with overall responsibility for this part of the audit has convened a meeting. Which of the choices below would be the supervisor's best response to help explain this relationship? The easiest way to understand this relationship is to imagine taking our list of assertions, determining which ones apply to the client's property, plant and equipment accounts, and then finding ways to test the assertions we selected. For example, we might decide to test the valuation and allocation assertion by examining documents to see if the client has defaulted on any debt associated with these assets. The easiest way to understand this relationship is to imagine taking our list of assertions, determining which ones apply to the client's property, plant and equipment accounts, and then finding ways to test the asser

In order to help the audit team assigned to the audit of a major client's property, plant and equipment accounts better understand the link between auditing assertions and this area of the audit, the audit manager with overall responsibility for this part of the audit has convened a meeting. Which of the choices below would be the supervisor's best response to help explain this relationship? The easiest way to understand this relationship is to imagine taking our list of assertions, determining which ones apply to the client's property, plant and equipment accounts, and then finding ways to test the assertions we selected. For example, we might decide to test the valuation and allocation assertion by examining documents to see if the client has defaulted on any debt associated with these assets. The easiest way to understand this relationship is to imagine taking our list of assertions, determining which ones apply to the client's property, plant and equipment accounts, and then finding ways to test the asser

Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337619455

Author:Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. Rittenberg

Publisher:Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. Rittenberg

Chapter12: Auditing Long-lived Assets And Merger And Acquisition Activity

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