Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780077732509
Author: William F Messier Jr, Steven M. Glover Associate Professor, Douglas F. Prawitt Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.19MCQ
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Concept Introduction:
In accountancy, depreciation refers to two aspects of the same concept: first, the actual decrease in value of fair value of assets, such as the decrease in value of factory equipment each year as it is used and second, the allocation in accounting statements of the original cost of the assets to periods in which the assets are used.
To choose:Scope of the auditor on depreciation expense.
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In performing risk assessment procedures for property, plant and equipment, an auditor may inquire of the client personnel which of the following questions?
a. Is depreciation calculation and recording automated?
b. Is there periodic physical count and tagging of property, plant and equipment? Is the result of the count reconciled to ledgers and general ledgers?
c. Both a and b.
d. Neither a nor b.
The following are typical questions that might appear on an internal control questionnaire relating to plant and equipment:
Has a dollar minimum been established for expenditures to be capitalized?
Are subsidiary ledgers for plant and equipment regularly reconciled with general ledger controlling accounts?
Assuming that the operating effectiveness of each of the above procedures is found to be inadequate, describe how the auditors might alter their substantive procedures to compensate for the increased level of risks of material misstatements.
Explain why the emphasis in auditing property, plant, and equipment is on the current period acquisitions and disposals rather than on the balances in the account carried forward from the preceding year. Under what circumstances will the emphasis be on the balance carried forward?
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Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
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