Principles Of Auditing & Other Assurance Services
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Author: WHITTINGTON, Ray, Pany, Kurt
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17-36 Roscoe & Jones, Ltd., a CPA firm in Silver Bell, Arizona, has completed the audit of the financial statements of Excelsior Corporation as of, and for, the year ended December 31, 20XI Findings related to the financial statements and the audit include Although Excelsior has been in existence for a number of years and been audited for the past seven years by Roscoe & Jones, it is presenting only current-year financial statements Roscoe was unable to perform normal accounts receivable confirmation procedures, but alternate procedures were used to satisfy Roscoe as to the validity of the receivables Excelsior Corporation is the defendant in litigation, the outcome of which is highly uncertain. If the case is settled in favor of the plaintiff, Excelsior will be required to pay a substantial amount of cash that might require the sale of certain assets. The litigation and the possible effects have been properly disclosed in Note 11 Roscoe wishes to include discussion of this…
You are an auditor of the company ABC. During the audit of the accounting statements it is found that ABC has recognized in its assets the following elements:a) goods which are immovable for a period of 3 years and which are valued at their acquisition priceb) goods owned by XIZ that it has to sell on its behalf with a commission of 10%; andc) the remuneration of the lawyer who represented the company in a legal dispute.
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