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 the types of opinion from the auditors for each of the given scenarios.
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Which of the following statements about confirming accounts receivable (A/R) and accounts payable (A/P) is true?
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A/R confirmations are more likely to include the client's balance than A/P confirmations.
A/R and A/P are always confirmed regardless of the materiality of the balance or risks of material misstatement.
The assertion with the highest risk of material misstatement for A/R and A/P is Existence.
Positive and negative confirmations are always used to audit A/R and A/P.
A misstatement in the financial statements can be considered material if knowledge of themisstatement will affect a decision of
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an accountant.
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the PCAOB.
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the SEC.
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a reasonable user of the financial statements
The performance of an attestation engagement on prospective financial information does not require which of the following?a. If the basis of the prospective financial information is different from the financial statements, a reconciliation of the two must be provided.b. Management must disclose all significant assumptions used in generating the prospective financial information.c. Management must disclose significant accounting policies and procedures used in generating the prospective financial information.d. Management must disclose the probability of obtaining the results included in the prospective financial information.
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- Something is deemed to be 'material' if its omission, non-disclosure or misstatement is likely to affect economic decisions or other evaluations made by users entitled to rely on the financial statements. Select one alternative: True Falsearrow_forwardIdentify the three alternative opinions that may be appropriatewhen the client’s financial statements are not in accordance with GAAP. Under whatcircumstance is each appropriate?arrow_forwardDescribe a situation that would require an auditor to give an unmodified opinion without a standard report. Describe a situation that would cause an auditor to modify their opinion. Analyze possible actions an auditor might take if a client’s financial statements depart from GAAP. Do you think the demand for assurance services will increase or decrease in the future? Explain.arrow_forward
- When an event impacts a financial statement element, it should be recognized in the accounting records even if reliability of the amount is questionable. True Falsearrow_forwardWhich of the following services provides the lowest level of assurance on a financial statement Select one: a. Neither service provides assurance on financial statements b. review c. Each service provides the same level of assurance on financial statements d. auditarrow_forwardInformation is considered material if: it would have a bearing on decisions of those who use the financial statements. there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would not be concerned about the information. an item is so insignificant that users would likely ignore it. the FASB explicitly rules the transaction or item to be material.arrow_forward
- Choose the one correct answer Which of the following statements is valid relating to confirmation of accounts receivable? * a. A positive confirmation provides more reliable evidence than the negative confirmation because the auditor can perform follow-up procedures if no response is received from the debtorB. A negative form of confirmation is preferable to use when individual account balances of customers are relatively largec. In positive confirmation, failure to reply must be regarded as a correct response, even though the debtor may have ignored the confirmation requestd. An auditor must consider using the negative form of confirmation when there is reason to believe that there may be a substantial number of accounts in dispute or with inaccuracies or irregularitiese. None of the abovearrow_forwardCan assessment measures be used for predictive purposes? Accounting practitioners have criticized some proposed accounting standards on the grounds that they are difficult to implement because of measurement problems. They, therefore, conclude that the underlying theory is inappropriate. Assuming that the critics are correct about the implementational difficulties, do you agree with their thinking? Discuss. What type of measurement scale (nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio scale) is being used in the following situations? Musical scales - interval scales Insurance risk classes for automobile insurance - Numbering of pages in a book A grocery scale A grocery scale deliberately set 10 pounds too high Assignment of students to advisers, based on majorarrow_forwardWhich of the following best describes the role of analytical procedures near the end of theaudit engagement?a. To identify possible deficiencies in the client’s internal control over financial reporting.b. To identify accounts that appear to be misstated with the intention of planning thenature, timing, and extent of other substantive procedures.c. To gather evidence to support one or more assertion(s) related to the account balance orclass of transactions.d. To provide an overall review of the financial information and assessment of the adequacy of evidence gathered during the audit engagement.arrow_forward
- Noncompliance includes transactions entered by the entity’s employees and management in their personal capacity. The preliminary judgment or estimate about materiality represents the maximum amount by which a set of financial statements could be misstated and still not cause the auditor to believe that the decisions of reasonable users would be affected. Group of answer choices False, True True, False True, True False, Falsearrow_forwardInformation is immaterial if omitting it or misstating it could influence decisions that users make on the basis of the financial information of a specific reporting entity. True Falsearrow_forwardEvidence that will be needed by a practitioner which will assist in forming an opinion with regards to any material misstatements that are presented in financial statements is known as a report in which assurance is written. Select one: O True Falsearrow_forward
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