the following independent situation, discuss the issue and describe the impact on the audit record with provide example Ii.Subsequent to the date of the financial statements, as a part of your subsequent event audit procedures, you observed that one of the purchaser’s two uninsured flora was broken because of a recent fireplace. The newspapers defined the occasion in element but the monetary statements and appended notes prepared by means of the purchaser did now not disclose the loss due to the fire.

the following independent situation, discuss the issue and describe the impact on the audit record with provide example Ii.Subsequent to the date of the financial statements, as a part of your subsequent event audit procedures, you observed that one of the purchaser’s two uninsured flora was broken because of a recent fireplace. The newspapers defined the occasion in element but the monetary statements and appended notes prepared by means of the purchaser did now not disclose the loss due to the fire.

Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach to Conducting a Quality Audit

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Chapter16: Advanced Topics Concerning Complex Auditing Judgments

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In reviewing of subsequent events, you learned of heavy damage to the client’s warehouse due to a fire occurred after year-end. The loss will partly be reimbursed by insurance. The newspaper described the event in detail. The client made adjustment to related inventories and buildings to reflect the loss. All facts are the same as situation 1, but the client did not make adjustment to year end figure of inventory. During the course of examination on your audit client, you suspect that a material amount of assets has been misappropriated through fraud. Management refuses to allow you to investigate further to confirm the suspicions. The client’s financing arrangements expired and the amount outstanding was past due. The client cannot renegotiate or obtain refinancing and is considering filing bankruptcy. Financial statements were prepared using the going concern basis and this fact is not disclosed. An equipment which was used by the client for more than 5 years is considered to…
In reviewing of subsequent events, you learned of heavy damage to the client’s warehouse due to a fire occurred after year-end. The loss will partly be reimbursed by insurance. The newspaper described the event in detail. The client made adjustment to related inventories and buildings to reflect the loss. Assume im a auditor, and I am giving opinion. Since the client made adjustments to related inventories and buildings to reflect the loss after a heavy damage. However, it is a non-adjustable subsequent event, the company is not supposed to adjust the entries. Also, they haven’t claimed to make any footnotes to explain the crisis, which is inadequately disclosed, which both are accounting disagreements, since it is heavy damage, so both are supposed to be highly material, so adverse opinions should be issued. If the client did disclose the footnotes to explain the crisis, adverse opinions with explanatory opinion should be issued. Is adverse opinion with explanatory paragraph…
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