Which of the following best describes the auditors' typical observation of plant and equipment?     The auditors observe all additions to plant and equipment made during the year.     The auditors observe major additions to plant and equipment made during the year.     The auditors observe a physical inventory of plant and equipment, annually.     The auditors observe all major plant and equipment items in the clients' accounts each year.

As you are planning the annual audit of Norton Corporation, you note that the company has a number of user operated computers in use in various locations. One of the machines has been installed in the stores department, which has the responsibility for disbursing stock items and for maintaining stores records. In your audit, you find that one employee receives the requisitions for stores, disburses the stock, maintains the records, operates the computer, and authorizes adjustments to the total amounts of stock recorded by the computer. When you discuss the applicable controls with the department manager, you are told that the user operated computer is assigned exclusively to that department. Therefore, the manager contends that it does not require the same types of controls applicable to large IT systems. a. Comment on the manager’s contention.

You are engaged in the audit of the financial statements of Holman Corporation for the year ended December 31, 20X6. The accompanying analyses of the Property, Plant, and Equipment and related accumulated depreciation accounts have been prepared by the chief accountant of the client. You have traced the beginning balances to your prior year’s audit working papers. All plant assets are depreciated on the straight-line basis (no residual value taken into consideration) based on the following estimated service lives: building, 25 years; all other items, 10 years. The company’s policy is to take one half-year’s depreciation on all asset additions and disposals during the year.   Your audit revealed the following information: The company completed the construction of a wing on the plant building on June 30. The service life of the building was not extended by this addition. The lowest construction bid received was $17,500, the amount recorded in the Buildings account. Company personnel…

You are auditing a client that supplies electrical products to retail stores and electrical contractors throughout the country.The client keeps its accounts receivable records on a computer system, which is updated at the end of each business day.You plan to audit accounts receivable balance as at the end of the financial year, and you have a generalised audit software (GAS) package available to help in this task.Required:Identify ten (10) substantive audit procedures that you could perform using generalised audit software (GAS) in relation to auditing the accounts receivable account.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requires that an auditor must issue an internal control report following the evaluation of internal controls. provide continuous consulting services to help prevent fraud. issue a sustainability report along with the internal control report. rotate who can lead an audit every three years.

You are required to obtain the annual reports of two ASX Top 200 companies in the sameindustry and write a business research report to address the following questions related to theitems included in property, plant and equipment.1. Review and evaluate the PPE disclosure of your selected companies which may include:• What range of measures is used to determine amounts for these items in the reports ofthe individual companies?• Do you think it is valid to add the items, given the measures used?• How would you interpret the total amount for property, plant and equipment in thefinancial statements?• Compare the measures used by the different companies for similar items. Are there anyinconsistencies in how similar items are measured by the different companies?2. Discuss the factors that accountants should consider when setting up company accountingpolicy relating to PPE.3. Detail your view on the subsequent measurement of PPE and provide recommendations toaccounting standard setters.

Jack Motors manufactures a range of motor cars and its year end is 31* January 2019. You are the audit supervisor of Ayeyi & Partners and are currently preparing the audit programmes for the year-end audit of Jack Motors. You have had a meeting with your audit manager and he has notified you of a number of issues identified during the audit risk assessment process. Land and buildings Jack Motors have a policy of revaluing land and buildings, this is undertaken on a rolling basis over a five-year period. During the year Jack Motors requested an external valuer to revalue a number of properties, including a warehouse purchased in May 2018. Depreciation is charged on a pro rata basis. Work in progress Jack Motors undertakes continuous production of cars, 24 hours a day, and seven days a week. An inventory count is to be undertaken at the year end and Ayeyi & Partners will attend. You are responsible for the audit of work in progress (WIP) and will be part of the team attending the count…

The auditors use an analytical procedures during the course of an audit. The most important phase of performing these procedures is the:    Vouching of all data supporting various rates, Investigation of significant variations and unusual relationships, Comparison of client-computed statistics with industry data on a quarterly and full-year basis

Fabrication Holdings Ltd (FHL) has been a client of KEP Partners for many years. You are an audit senior and have been assigned to the FH audit for the first time for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. You are completing the audit planning for the property, plant, and equipment (PPE) account class, which is one of FH's most material balances. You are also aware that FH has made a large investment in a new manufacturing process to place itself in a more competitive position. Your analytical procedures indicate an increase in acquisitions of PPE. You are testing the appropriateness of the depreciation rate assigned to PPE and whether it is consistent with the present condition and expected use of the assets over their remaining life. You have sampled 35 PPE items, with a total dollar value of $1,145,000. The results show that, for the sample items, some depreciation rates were too low and/or the remaining useful life of the equipment was overstated by management. Together, these…

Johnny Kang, CPA, is the auditor of the Felix Lee Ltd. Johnny Kang, CPA is considering the audit work to be performed in the accounts payable area for the current year’s engagement. The prior year papers show that confirmation requests were mailed to one hundred of the client’s one thousand suppliers. The selected suppliers were based on Johnny Kang’s sampling, which was designed to select high value items in the accounts payable balance. Johnny Kang and Felix Lee Ltd.’s accountant, DY Anderson spent substantial number of hours resolving relatively minor differences between the confirmation replies and accounting records. Alternative audit procedures were used for those suppliers who did not respond to the confirmation requests. Required:1. Identify the accounts payable assertions that Johnny Kang must consider in determining the substantive tests to be followed. 2. Identify situations for which Johnny Kang should use accounts payable confirmations and discuss whether he is required to…