2019 Audit of Beta Industries: Summary Information
Assume you are an audit manager, today is May 15, 2019, and your public accounting firm is currently planning the 2019 financial statement audit of Beta Home Goods, a retailer in the home goods and supply industry. Beta is a public company with a 12/31 year-end, and a new client for your firm. The audit partner has asked you to help plan the audit for this new client using the following information obtained and summarized by the engagement team, and the ratios you will calculate in the multiple choice questions below:
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Analytical Procedures using the 2018 Financial Statements
Inherent Risk (IR) Assessment. Use the summary information on p.2 and ratio analyses of last year’s financial statements to answer these questions.
Audit Engagement Staffing
2019 Audit of Beta Industries: Summary Information Assume you are an audit manager, today is May...
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