EBK AUDITING & ASSURANCE SERVICES: A SY
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.17MCQ
To determine
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Every company who issue shares in the market is called public company. Every company has to prepare minutes of every activity of company. When the company holds any meeting, then also prepare minutes of activities of meeting. At every meeting of members and directors, minutes are prepared.
To choose: The correct statement concerning the authorisation assertion regarding stock issuance and
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The following audit procedures are commonly performed by auditors in the verification of owners’ equity:
1.Review articles of incorporation and bylaws for provisions about owners’ equity.
2.Analyze all owners’ equity accounts for the year and document the nature of any recorded change in each account.
3.Confirm capital stock transactions with the stock registrar and transfer agent.
4.Confirm shares issued and outstanding with the stock registrar and transfer agent.
5.Review the minutes of the board of directors’ meetings for the year for approvals related to owners’ equity.
6.Recompute earnings per share.
7.Review debt provisions and senior securities with respect to liquidation preferences, dividends in arrears, and restrictions on the payment of dividends or the issue of stock.
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State the purpose of each of these seven audit procedures.
List the type of misstatements the auditors can uncover by the use of each audit procedure.
Which of the following audit procedures would be most relevant when examiningthe completeness transaction-related audit objective for capital stock?(1) The auditor examines minutes of the board of directors’ meetings to identifyany actions involving the issuance of capital stock.(2) The auditor vouches entries in the client’s capital stock records to board minutes.(3) Confirmations of new stock issuances are sent to the client’s stock transfer agent.(4) The auditor traces entries of new stock issuances to the cash receipts journal.
The auditor has a responsibility to design audit procedures to obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence. Apply two types of audit procedures that the auditor might use to support each of the following.
i. Physical attendance at stock take
ii. Valuation of accounts receivable
iii. Balance in Bank
iv. Authorised and paid-up share capital
v. Accounts payable
Chapter 15 Solutions
EBK AUDITING & ASSURANCE SERVICES: A SY
Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.1RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.2RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.3RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.4RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.5RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.6RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.7RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.8RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.9RQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.10RQ
Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.11MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.12MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.13MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.14MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.15MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.16MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.17MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.18MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.19MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.20MCQCh. 15 - Prob. 15.21PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.22PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.23PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.24P
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