AUDITING RMU
AUDITING RMU
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ISBN: 9781260934830
Author: MESSIER
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.1RQ
To determine

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Audit planning is the crucial phase of the audit where auditor determines the nature, timing and extent of the audit procedures. The auditor also allocates the responsibilities to its team members during the planning stage.

To indicate:The reason of dividing the financial statement into components.

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Financial statements are summary of the financial transactions entered during the entire period of the financial statement. Hence, it is not possible for the auditor to check the management assertion at the financial statement level. To perform the audit to the assertion level, the auditor needs to divide the financial statement into components or segments. The auditor also allocates the responsibilities of each segment of financial statement to its team members during the planning stage.

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