Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9781259916984
Author: WHITTINGTON, Ray, Pany, Kurt
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 10, Problem 38EOQ
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Identify the appropriate answer related to the timing of counting the cash for the purpose of auditing.
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when auditing a client's year end cash balance, an auditor uses standard bank confirmations and performs tests on the clients year end bank reconciliations. These substantive procedures test which of the following assertions?
a. understandability of presentation and classification
b. cutoff
c. completeness and valuation and allowance
d. rights and obligations, and occurence
Which of the following provides the highest-quality evidence regarding the Valuation of recorded accounts payable?
Question 5 options:
Inspecting invoices for all cash disbursements during the year.
Performing analytical procedures.
Confirming balances with creditors and suppliers.
Recalculating the balance of accounts payable.
Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform in searching for unrecorded liabilities?
A. Vouch a sample of cash disbursements recorded just after year end to receiving reports and vendor invoices.
B. Compare a sample of purchase orders issued just after year-end with the year-end accounts payable balance.
C. Scan the cash disbursement entries recorded just before year end for indications of unusual transactions.
D. Vouch a sample of accounts payable entries recorded just before year end to the unmatched receiving report file.
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- What audit procedures would you use to determine that the cash balances actually exist at the balance sheet date? Is a bank statement provided by the client sufficient audit evidence?arrow_forwardAn auditor is considering whether the amount of cash is accurately recorded on the financial statements. All of the following are appropriate engagement procedures for the objective except A. Examining bank reconciliations and confirming bank balances. B. Comparing cash receipt lists with the receipts journal and bank deposit slips. C. Adding totals of reconciliations and comparing with cash account balances. D. Verifying cutoff of receipts and disbursements.arrow_forwardWhich of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform in searching for unrecorded liabilities? *A. Scan the cash disbursements entries recorded just before year end for indications of unusual transactions.B. Compare a sample of purchase orders issued just after year end with the year-end accounts payable trial balance.C. Obtain a copy of the receiving report until year end and its related sales invoice and trace them to the purchases journal.D. Compare the entries recorded in the purchases journal and the cash disbursements journal just before year end.arrow_forward
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