Accounting For Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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Author: RECK, Jacqueline L., Lowensohn, Suzanne L., NEELY, Daniel G.
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After a preliminary review of the clients, revenue and receipt transaction cycle, the
auditor assessed the preliminary audit risk at a high level, which of the following
additional procedures would the auditor most likely perform next: *
a. Obtain evidence about the consistency of the application of the client's internal control
procedures.
b. Increase the overall audit materiality level.
c. Perform extensive analytical procedures as substantive test at year-end.
d. Increase the volume of evidence that will satisfy the auditor's sufficiency criteria.
e. None of the above
Mazars Audit Firm is re-appointed as auditors in Beautiful Jewels for a year ended 31st March 2020. The overall level of acceptable audit risk of the client is considered as 10%. The inherent risk and control risk are assessed at 50% and 80% respectively.
(i)Calculate the detection risk from the case let using the audit risk model
You are reviewing the results of the Firestone audit. These are the details of the summay of identified misstatements:
• Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: $60,000 misstatement (over) • Sales Revenue: $10,000 misstatement (under)
• Total identified misstatements: $50,000 (impact on Assets, pre-tax income, and equity)
• Performance materiality was set at $60,000
REQUIRED:
a) If overall materaility for the audit was set at $30,000, what type of audit report would be issued? Why?
b) If overall materiality for the audit was set at $75,000, what type of audit report would be issued? Why?
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