EBK PRINCIPLES OF AUDITING & OTHER ASSU
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Author: WHITTINGTON
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As a result of analytical procedures an auditor determines that gross profit has declined from 30% to 15% in the current year. The auditor should..
A. Document manamgent intentions with respect to reversing the trend.
B. Evaluate managment's performance in causing the deline
C. Require a footnote disclosure
D. Consider the possibility of an error in the financial statements.
Which of the following audit procedures is the best test of the accuracy, valuation and allocation assertion for inventory?
Select one:
a. Obtaining the last receiving record numbers for the period and checking that they were taken up correctly
b. Confirming stock held on consignment
c. Comparing standard costs to actual sales prices.
d. Attending the annual stocktake
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Problem No. 6
In conducting your audit of AACA Corporation, a company engaged in import and wholesale business, for the year ended December 31, 2022, you determined that its internal control system was good. Accordingly, you observed the physical inventory at an interim date, November 30, 2022 instead of at December 31, 2022.
You obtained the following information from the company’s general ledger.
Sales for eleven months ended November 30, 2022
P1,120,000
Sales for the year ended December 31, 2022
1,536,000
Purchases for eleven months ended November 30, 2022 (before audit adjustments)
856,000
Purchases for the year ended December 31, 2022
1,280,000
Inventory, January 1, 2022
140,000
Physical inventory, November 30, 2022
220,000
Your audit disclosed the following additional information.
Shipments costing P12,000 were received in November and included in the physical inventory but recorded as December purchases.
Deposit of…
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