What is management responsibilities for the financial statement being audited? What are auditor’s responsibilities for the...
NUMBER 3 (10 pts.) Most of an auditor’s work in forming an opinion on financial statements consists of obtaining and evaluating evidential matter concerning the financial statement assertions. Required: a. What is the definition of “financial statement assertion?” Do not list the assertions. b. What is the relationship between audit objectives and financial statement assertions? c. What should an auditor consider in developing the audit objectives of a particular engagement?
Question 5 (20 marks)Your firm, WWW LLP, is the auditor of Walnut Ltd. The auditor’s report below was drafted by Beanie Junior, a staff accountant at the firm. Walnut Ltd. is a publicly-held company (incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act and traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange) with a year end of December 31, 2018. The report was submitted to the engagement partner who reviewed the audit working papers and properly concluded that an unmodified opinion should be issued....
1. Which of the following is false regarding common and federal securities laws? a. The securities act of 1933 deals only with the reporting requirements for companies issuing new securities. b. -Rule 10-5b of the securities exchange act of 1934 is also known as the antifraud provision. C. -Ultramares doctrine states that ordinary negligence is insufficient for liability to third parties because of the lack of privity of contracts. d. A scienter is a specialist used in Rule 10-5b investigations....
LIST THE FIVE BASIC TYPES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT FRAUD. DEFINE MATERIALITY AND HOW AN AUDITOR SHOULD LEGALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY SET MATERIALITY. REMEMBER THE COURT CASES! DESCRIBE WHEN EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IS NOT LEGAL.
.B) Multiple choices: 60 points: for each statement circle the best answer The three requirements for becoming a CPA include all but which of the following (1 A) Uniform CPA examination requirement B) Educational requirements C) Character requirements D) Experience requirement (The International Standards on Auditing (ISAS (2 A) are issued by the AICPA B) override a country's regulations govering the audit of a company (C) has many of the same standards as the Auditing Standards Board (ASB D) must...
Please try to answer all questions. Which of the following is false with regards to audit responsibility? The auditor of a public company is required to certify the annual financial statements. Auditing standards make no distinction between error or fraud; in either case, the auditor must obtain reasonable assuran misstatement. The auditor's responsibility for illegal acts is the same as for errors and fraud. Reasonable assurance is a high, but not absolute, level of assurance. -> Moving to the next...
Allen & Watkins LLP audited the December 31, 20X5, financial statements of Giant Sports Mart. Fieldwork was completed during the month of February 20X6. The audit partner, John Watkins, CPA, reviewed and signed off on the audit working papers on February 28, 20X6. John then met with the Board of Directors on March 5, 20X6, to discuss the financial results and get them to approve the financial statements. Giant Sports Mart had an exceptional year — although the economic recession...
Casa Royale, Inc., a public company, retains Ying and Company CPA to audit its financial statements and internal control. Howard Smythe, the partner in charge of the audit, drafted the following unqualified report: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Comment a) To the shareholders and the board of directors (Comment b) of Casa Royale, Inc. Opinion on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Casa Royale, Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 20X7 and...
What is an example of a financial statement error? A. Management intentionally alters the financial statements to reflect sales that were not completed B. Rent expense is inadvertently recorded to a prepaid rent account C. The outside auditor disagrees regarding the collectability of the company's accounts receivable D. The accountant writes checks to a relative's business for items not actually received.
Topic: Auditor’s Public Interest Responsibilities and Audit Quality Background and Context: In a recent interview with ABC news, the now former Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) Greg Medcraft warned that: “We don't want to have another Enron. And the key to not having another Enron is making sure auditors do their job and to get assurance that financials are free of material misstatement" 1 Enron was an energy, commodities, and services company based in Texas, USA....