AUDITING RMU
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Author: MESSIER
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 18, Problem 18.16MCQ
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Audit report includes the opinion of the auditor on the financial statements. Audit provides his opinion based on the audit evidences obtained during the
To choose: The type of the audit report.
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For Questions 21 through 30, assume that you are reporting on an audit of a client’s financial statements. Select the type(s) of opinion appropriate for the scenario. In addition, unless stated otherwise, assume the matter involved is material. If the problem does not tell you whether a misstatement pervasively misstates the financial statements or does not list a characteristic that indicates pervasiveness, two reports may be possible.
A company has not followed generally accepted accounting principles in the recording of its leases.
Question 21 options:
Qualified
Adverse
Disclaimer
Qualified or adverse
A client changed its depreciation method for production equipment from the straight-line method to the units-of-production method based on hours of utilization. The auditor concurs with the change.
Question 22 options:
Unmodified – standard
Unmodified with…
The auditor was unable to confirm from the Bills receivable amounted OMR 250,000 by communicating with the Sundry debtors
or customers.
What type of Audit opinion should be expressed by the auditor in this situation?
Unmodified opinion
Qualified opinion
Disclaimer of opinion
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Jones, CPA, has completed the audit of Sarack Lumber Supply Co.and has issued a standard unqualified report. In addition to a report on the overall financialstatements, the company needs a special audited report on three specific accounts: sales,net fixed assets, and inventory valued at FIFO. The report is to be issued to Sarack’s lessor,who bases annual rentals on these three accounts. Jones was not aware of the need for thereport on the three specific accounts until after the overall audit was completed.a. Explain why Jones is unlikely to be able to issue the audit report on the three specificaccounts without additional audit tests.b. What additional tests are likely to be needed before the report on the three specificaccounts can be issued?c. Assuming that Jones is able to satisfy all the requirements needed to issue the reporton the three specific accounts, write the report. Make any necessary assumptions.
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AUDITING RMU
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