Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 7RQ
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Identify the extent up to which an auditor can rely on the audit of prior years.
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The auditors have determined that each of the following objectives will be a part of the audit of SSC Corporation. While several procedures will ordinarily address an audit objective, select the procedure most directly related to the audit objective. Each procedure may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
1.
All receivables that should be recorded are recorded as of year-end.
2.
Recorded receivables are at appropriate net realizable values.
3.
Recorded receivables exist.
4.
The client has rights to recorded year-end receivables.
5.
The presentation and disclosure of receivables are adequate.
Trace a sample of sales invoiced from late in December to the sales journal and to postings in accounts receivable and sales amounts.
Review the aged trial balance for significant past due accounts.
Review board of director minutes and underlying contracts and sales terms with customers.
Vouch year-end accounts…
During substantive procedures the auditors selected a sample of balances included in the trade payables figure and wrote to the supplier asking them to confirm the amount owed by the audit client at the year-end. The sample was chosen by the auditor selecting the balances from anywhere within the trade payables breakdown, trying to avoid bias.
Identify the ISA 500 (Audit evidence) evidence gathering technique and the sampling method used by the auditors in each of these procedures.
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
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