AUDITING RMU
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To determine
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Inventory is the most valuable asset for a company. The company applies controls over inventory for its safeguard and detection of inventory frauds. The auditor also tests these controls to determine the nature and extent of the
To choose: The objective of performing the purchase cut-off test.
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A purchase on credit is recorded twice and not corrected during the year-end physical inventory. Which of the following statements correctly describes the impact of this error?
The succeeding year income on the income statement is incorrect because beginning inventory is understated.
The succeeding year purchases are understated when the prior year purchases are corrected.
The current year income on the income statement is correct because purchases are overstated and ending inventory is overstated.
The current year balance sheet ending inventory and accounts payable are understated.
The perpetual and periodic systems are different methods of recording the purchase and sale of inventory during the year in the accountingrecords.You are required to answer the following questions on the two methods:a. Explain TWO differences between the perpetual and the periodic systems. b. How do we record a sales return by a client under the perpetual method if the client purchased the item on credit and has not yet settled theiraccount.
1)Which of the following is not an audit procedure for inventories?
a)Review cut-off of inventory transactions.
b)Take an inventory to ensure all items are counted.
c)Test inventory pricing.
d)Determine whether inventories have been pledged as collateral for loans.
2) Price testing of inventory items includes:
a)agreeing recorded inventory amounts to receiving reports.
b)agreeing recorded inventory amounts to recorded test counts.
c)agreeing recorded inventory amounts to purchase invoices.
d)agreeing recorded inventory amounts to sales prices.
3)Procedures designed to identify obsolete inventory include:
a)performing test counts of inventory.
b)vouching inventory items to purchase invoices.
c)comparison of inventory recorded amounts to current sales prices.
d)reviewing shipping and receiving documents around period end.
4)Which of the following is not conducive to effective internal control over inventories?
a)All goods should be received by the receiving…
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- Which of the following financial statements would be impacted by a current-year ending inventory error, when using a periodic inventory updating system? A. balance sheet B. income statement C. neither statement D. both statementsarrow_forwardIndicate the effect of each of the following errors on the following balance sheet and income statement items for the current and succeeding years: beginning inventory, ending inventory, accounts payable, retained earnings, purchases, cost of goods sold, net income, and earnings per share. a. The ending inventory is overstated. b. Merchandise purchased on account and received was not recorded in the purchases account until the succeeding year although the item was included in inventory of the current year. c. Merchandise purchased on account and shipped FOB shipping point was not recorded in either the purchases account or the ending inventory. d. The ending inventory was understated as a result of the exclusion of goods sent out on consignment.arrow_forwardErrors As controller of Lerner Company, which uses a periodic inventory system, you discover the following errors in the current year: 1. Merchandise with a cost of 17,500 was properly included in the final inventory, but the purchase was not recorded until the following year. 2. Merchandise purchases are in transit under terms of FOB shipping point. They have been excluded from the inventory, but the purchase was recorded in the current year on the receipt of the invoice of 4,300. 3. Goods out on consignment have been excluded from inventory. 4. Merchandise purchases under terms FOB shipping point have been omitted from the purchases account and the ending inventory. The purchases were recorded in the following year. 5. Goods held on consignment from Talbert Supply Co. were included in the inventory. Required: For each error, indicate the effect on the ending inventory and the net income for the current year and on the net income for the following year.arrow_forward
- Under the periodic inventory system, what account is debited when an estimate is made for the cost of merchandise inventory sold this year, but expected to be returned next year? (a) Estimated Returns Inventory (b) Sales Returns and Allowances (c) Merchandise Inventory (d) Customer Refunds Payablearrow_forwardA company forgets to record a purchase on credit in the purchases account, but ending inventory is correct. The effect of this mistake in the current year is:arrow_forwardThe company just took a physical count of inventory and found $75 worth of inventory was unaccounted for. It was either stolen or damaged. Which journal would the company use to record the correction of the error in inventory? A. sales journal B. purchases journal C. cash receipts journal D. cash disbursements journal E. general journalarrow_forward
- Under the periodic inventory system, what account is credited when an estimate is made for sales made this year, but expected to be returned next year? (a) Merchandise Inventory (b) Customer Refunds Payable (c) Sales (d) Sales Returns and Allowancesarrow_forwardUnder the periodic inventory system, what account is debited when an estimate is made for sales made this year, but expected to be returned next year? (a) Sales Returns and Allowances (b) Merchandise Inventory (c) Customer Refunds Payable (d) Salesarrow_forwardErrors A company that uses the periodic inventory system makes the following errors: 1. It omits a purchase on credit from the purchases account and the ending inventory. 2. It omits a purchase on credit from the purchases account, but the ending inventory is correct. 3. It overstates the ending inventory, but purchases arc correct. Required: Indicate the effect of the preceding errors on the income statement and the balance sheet of the current and succeeding years.arrow_forward
- A company that uses the periodic inventory system makes the following errors: 1. It omits a purchase On credit from the purchases account and the ending inventory. 2. It omits a purchase On credit from the purchases account, but the ending inventory is correct. 3. It overstates the ending inventory, but purchases are correct. Indicate the effect of the preceding errors on the income statement and the balance sheet of the current and succeeding years.arrow_forwardA client maintains perpetual inventory records in quantities and in dollars. If the assessed control risk is high, an auditor would probablya. Apply gross profit tests to ascertain the reasonableness of the physical counts.b. Increase the extent of tests of controls relevant to the inventory cycle.c. Request the client to schedule the physical inventory count at the end of the year.d. Insist that the client perform physical counts of inventory items several times during the year.arrow_forward- List and explain the substantive tests of Inventory and give example.arrow_forward
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