Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
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 12, Problem 28QRA

Grandview Manufacturing Company employs standard costs in its cost accounting system. List the audit procedures that you would apply to ascertain that Grandview’s standard costs and related variance amounts are acceptable and have not distorted the financial statements. (Confine your audit procedures to those applicable to raw materials.)

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When testing a company’s cost accounting system, the auditor uses procedures that are primarily designed to determine thata. Quantities on hand have been computed based on acceptable cost accounting techniques that reasonably approximate actual quantities on hand.b. Physical inventories agree substantially with book inventories.c. The system is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and is functioning as planned.d. Costs have been properly assigned to finished goods, work-in-process, and cost of goods sold.
Which of the following statement is true under the Standared Costing System a. Standard cost is a predetermined or estimated cost to either produce a good/service or perform an activity within the organisation b. Standard cost is a control technique that helps to report variances by comparing pre-set standards to actual costs to facilitate action c. Both a and b are incorrect d. Both a and b are correct
You mention changes and revisions to the standard cost systems. If you were the Operations manager of a manufacturing firm, what control would you have in place to assure those changes were proper and accurate? What assertions would apply here?

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