Loose-leaf For Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach
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ISBN: 9781260687637
Author: William F Messier Jr, Steven M Glover Associate Professor, Douglas F Prawitt Associate Professor
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.22MCQ
To determine
Concept Introduction:
Fixed assets, also known as tangible assets or property, plant andequipment (PP&E), is a term used in accounting for assets and property that cannot easily be converted into cash. Fixed assets mean whose future economicbenefitis probable to flow into the entity, whose cost can be measured reliably.
To choose: The evidence about additions in the Fixed Assets.
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Listed below are several of the auditors’ general objectives in performing substantive procedures on an asset account:
Establish the existence of assets.
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Establish the completeness of recorded assets.
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Determine the appropriate valuation of the assets.
Establish the clerical accuracy of the underlying records.
Determine the appropriate financial statement presentation and disclosure of the assets.
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Indicate the general objective (or objectives) of each of the following audit procedures:
a. Observe the client’s physical inventory.
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c. Obtain a listing of inventory and reconcile the total to the general ledger.
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When auditing the existence assertion for an asset, auditors proceed from thea. Financial statement amounts back to the potentially unrecorded items.b. Potentially unrecorded items forward to the financial statement amounts.c. General ledger back to the supporting original transaction documents.d. Supporting original transaction documents to the general ledger.
Which of the following audit procedures will apply to obtain the reliable audit evidence relating to the existence of tangible assets?
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O b. Confirmation
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Chapter 14 Solutions
Loose-leaf For Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach
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