audit services‚ the CPA is expected to be: 3. Which one of the following services is often performed on public companies’ interim financial statements and nonpublic companies’ annual financial statements? 4. In the standard audit report‚ the auditor’s opinion on fairness pertains: 5. Auditor liability under the 1933 Securities Act extends to the: 6. An auditor may be liable to a client for breach of contract under which of the following? 7. Which of the following would be an example
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Q1 (a) Highlight four control objectives that would be essential in a sales cycle (b) Outline three tests of control that should be performed by an auditor in each of the following areas: i. Cash receipts ii. Cash payments iii. Bank reconciliations (c) Summarize seven sources of internal control risks that have an impact on the financial reporting framework in an organization. Q2 (a) Outline four audit procedures you would carry out to verify the following items: i. Leased property
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need to look at much to know whether the financial statements are correct or not. B. Auditors must balance the cost of the audit with the need for precision. C. Auditors must limit their exposure to their client to maintain independence. D. The auditor’s relationship with the client is generally adversarial‚ so the auditor will not have access to all of the financial information of the company. 2. Which of the following statements best describes a relationship between sample size and other elements
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based on information provided through financial statements. It is the auditor’s responsibility to plan and perform audit engagement to offer reasonable assurance that the financial statements are correct and fair. (b) The two main categories of fraud that affect financial reporting include misstatements arising from fraudulent financial reporting and misstatements arising from misappropriation of assets. (c) Factors that auditor’s should consider when assessing the likelihood of material misstatements
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references to it. 5. For multi-location engagements‚ determine that all documents requested from other audit teams have been obtained and reviewed. 6. Remove all documents from the working papers that do not provide audit evidence supporting the auditor’s conclusions. 7. Consider the amount used for materiality. In some cases‚ revise the amount used for materiality when evaluating audit misstatements. Consider if additional procedures are required to support the changed materiality. 8. Reconsider
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AC 741 Prof. Jay Thibodeau Feb 19‚ 2014 Case 2.7 1. According to Paragraph 2 of PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 3‚ audit documentation is “the written record of the basis for the auditor’s conclusions that provides the support for the auditor’s representations‚ whether those representations are contained in the auditor’s report or otherwise.” This means that audit documentation is a written documentation that can be used as evidence for the audit conclusion when an auditor reviews the quality of his
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT the stockholders and board of directors XYZ CORPORATION Company Address Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of XYZ CORPORATION which comprise the statement of financial condition as at December 31‚ 2011 and the statement of operations‚ statement of changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended‚ and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. Management’s
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durhamInternational Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Exposure Draft December 2007 Comments are requested by April 30‚ 2008 Proposed International Standard on Auditing ISA 265‚ Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control and Related Conforming Amendments to Other ISAs REQUEST FOR COMMENTS The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)‚ an independent standardsetting body within the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)‚ approved the exposure draft
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Auditor Rotation | Raising Auditor ’s Independence | Proposed By: Varun Basantani | Auditor Rotation- Raising Auditor ’s Independence ------------------------------------------------- Abstract: The question for mandatory audit rotation has been a concern to academics‚ investors‚ practitioners and the public at large. This paper is designed to determine the relationship between mandatory audit rotations and audit Independence. The paper makes an earnest effort to evaluate the need
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| | |3. |Objective of the Expert | | |4. |Reference to an Expert in the Auditor’s Report | | |5. |Effective Date | | |6. |Bibliography
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