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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Explain three substantive procedures for detecting the unrecorded retirements of property, plant, and equipment.
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Auditors should obtain evidence that there are no significant amounts of unrecorded retirements of property, plant and equipment.
a. Describe three ways that the auditors obtain evidence that there are no significant amounts of unrecorded retirements of equipment.
9. Assume that a client's controls over recording retirements of long-lived
tangible assets are not well designed. Which of the following procedures-
would the auditor plan to perform as a way of responding to the
heightened risk of material misstatement?
a. Select long-lived tangibie assets recorded in the property ledger and
locate them for inspection.
b. Inspect long-lived tangible assets located at the client location and
trace those assets to the property ledger.
c. Review the tangible long-lived asset, property ledger to see if
depreciation was recorded on cach tangible long-lived asset.
d. The auditor would perform all of the above procedures to respond to
the heightened risk of material misstatement.
Explain the appropriate treatment required when an error in accounting for property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets is discovered.
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Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
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- Describe common substantive procedures used to audit a client’s property, plant, and equipment. How is depreciation audited? How are intangible assets audited?arrow_forwardIn the examination of property, plant, and equipment, the auditor tries to determine all of the followingexcept theA. Effectiveness of the internal control structureB. Authorization of property abandoned during the yearC. Presence of an insurance policy related to property, plant, and equipmentD. Availability of company’s depreciation policyE. None of themarrow_forwardThe auditor should see to it that fully depreciated property, plant, and equipment still in use must be disclosed True or False?arrow_forward
- In performing risk assessment procedures for property, plant and equipment, an auditor may inquire of the client personnel which of the following questions? a. Is depreciation calculation and recording automated? b. Is there periodic physical count and tagging of property, plant and equipment? Is the result of the count reconciled to ledgers and general ledgers? C. Both a and b. d. Neither a nor b. Oc O aarrow_forwardIn performing risk assessment procedures for property, plant and equipment, an auditor may inquire of the client personnel which of the following questions? a. Is depreciation calculation and recording automated? b. Is there periodic physical count and tagging of property, plant and equipment? Is the result of the count reconciled to ledgers and general ledgers? C. Both a and b. d. Neither a nor b. O a Od Oc Obarrow_forwardIn auditing depreciation expense, what major considerationsshould the auditor keep in mind? Explain how each can be verifiedarrow_forward
- In performing risk assessment procedures for property, plant and equipment, an auditor may inquire of the client personnel which of the following questions? a. Is depreciation calculation and recording automated? b. Is there periodic physical count and tagging of property, plant and equipment? Is the result of the count reconciled to ledgers and general ledgers? c. Both a and b. d. Neither a nor b. Group of answer choices a c b darrow_forwardexplain the process of auditing the followingtransactions/accounts below. • Inventories• Property, plant, and equipment (PPE)• Renewal and reconditioning costs• Revenues• Rehabilitation bondsarrow_forwardRequired (kindly explain answers): 1. Why is it necessary to examine the lapsing schedule for additions and disposals of property, plant and equipment? 2. How do auditors test the reasonableness of the estimates used in relation to PPE (e.g. depreciation method, useful life, residual value?) 3. What are the procedures involved in determining the reasonableness of the depreciation expense during the year?arrow_forward
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