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 13, Problem 32COQ
Which of the following is an internal control weakness related to factory equipment?
- (1) Checks issued in payment of purchases of equipment are not signed by the controller.
- (2) All purchases of factory equipment are required to be made by the department in need of the equipment.
- (3) Factory equipment replacements are generally made when estimated useful lives, as indicated in depreciation schedules, have expired.
- (4) Proceeds from sales of fully depreciated equipment are credited to other income.
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A weakness in internal control over recording purchased equipment may cause the auditor to:
a.
Review the subsidiary ledger to ascertain whether depreciation was taken on each item of equipment during the year.
b.
Inspect certain items of equipment in the plant and trace those items to the accounting records.
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Trace additions to the "other assets" account to search for equipment that is still on hand but no longer being used.
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Select certain items of equipment from the accounting records and locate them in the plant.
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Review salvage value estimates for reasonableness.
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Fixed Assets: wrong calculation to the depreciation.
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Determine the key assertion at risk
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Chapter 13 Solutions
Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
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