Auditing And Assurance Services
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ISBN: 9780134897431
Author: ARENS, Alvin A.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Your client, Harper Company, has a contractual commitment as a part of a bond indenture to maintain a
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In auditing for unrecorded long-term bonds payable, an audit team most likely willa. Perform analytical procedures on the bond premium and discount accounts.b. Examine documentation of assets purchased with bond proceeds for liens.c. Compare interest expense with the bond payable amount for reasonableness.d. Confirm the existence of individual bondholders at year-end.
An audit plan to examine long-term debt most likely would include steps that requirea. Comparing the carrying amount of held-to-maturity securities with their year-end market values.b. Correlating interest expense recorded for the period with outstanding debt.c. Verifying the existence of the holders of the debt by direct confirmation.d. Inspecting the accounts payable subsidiary ledger for unrecorded long-term debt.
the following independent situation, discuss the issue and describe the impact on the audit record:
Iv. ZSZA Sdn. Bhd. Has been audited via your firm for the last six years. For the past three years, their monetary circumstance has been declining steadily. In the contemporary yr, for thefirst time, the modern ratio is underneath 2:1, that's the minimal requirement certain in ZSZA’s important mortgage agreement. You now have doubt about the potential of ZSZA to retain in operation for the next year.
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