On January 2, 2020, the Retail Auto Parts Company received a notice from its primary supplier that effective immediately, all wholesale prices will be increased by 10 percent. On the basis of the notice, Retail Auto Parts revalued its December 31, 2019, inventory to reflect the higher costs. The inventory constituted a material proportion of total assets; however, the effect of the revaluation was material to current assets but not to total assets or net income. The increase in valuation is adequately disclosed in the footnotes.
a. State the condition (either change in accounting principle, failure to follow GAAP, none, reporting involving other auditors, or scope of the audit has been restricted)
b. State the materiality level (either Material, immaterial, highly material, material or highly material, or not applicable)
c. List any additional information needed (either amount of loss, auditor's preliminary judgement, client explanation in a memo, or the size of the misstatement)
On January 2, 2020, the Retail Auto Parts Company received a notice from its primary supplier...
Circumstances prevent you from being able to observe the counting of inventory at Brentwood Industries. The inventory amount is material in relation to Brentwood Industries' financial statements. But, you were able to perform alternative procedures to support the existence and valuation of the inventory at year-end. a. State the condition (either change in accounting principle, failure to follow GAAP, none, reporting involving other auditors, or scope of the audit has been restricted) b. State the materiality level (either Material, immaterial,...
A CPA has completed her audit of the financial statements of a bus company for the year ended December 31, 2019. Prior to 2019, the company depreciated its buses over a 10-year period. During 2019, the company determined that a more realistic estimated life for its buses was 12 years and computed the 2019 depreciation on the basis of the revised estimate. The CPA has satisfied herself that the 12-year life is reasonable. The company has adequately disclosed the change...
A CPA is engaged in the audit of the financial statements of a large manufacturing company with branch offices in many widely separated cities. The CPA was not able to count the substantial undeposited cash receipts at the close of business on the last day of the fiscal year at all branch offices. As an alternative to this auditing procedure used to verify the accurate cutoff of cash receipts, the CPA observed that deposits in transit as shown on the...
The following are independent situations for which you will recommend an appropriate audit report Subsequent to the date of the financial statements as part of his post-balance sheet date audit procedures, a CPA learned that a recent fire caused heavy damage to one of a client's two plants; the loss will not be reimbursed by insurance. The newspapers described the event in detail. The financial statements and footnotes as prepared by the client did not disclose the loss caused by...
12 UM LapurdULY 13) Unmodified opinion-nonstandard report limitation wording (6) Disclaimer (4) Qualified opinion only GAAP departure (7) Adverse" 2.27 (OBJECTIVES 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-6) The following are independent situations for which ou will recommend an appropriate audit report: 1. Subsequent to the date of the financial statements as part of his post-balance sheet date audit procedures, a CPA learned that a recent fire caused heavy damage to one of a client's two plants; the loss will not be...
Requirements: Identify which of the conditions requiring a deviation from a standard unmodified opinion audit report is applicable, if any. Then, state the level of materiality as immaterial, material, or highly material. If you cannot decide the level of materiality, state the additional information needed to make a decision. (If a box is not used in the table leave the box empty; do not select a label.) For each situation, do the following: a. Identify which of the conditions requiring...
A number of frozen yogurt stores have opened in the last few years and your client, YogurtLand, has experienced a noticeable decline in customer traffic over the past several months that has caused you to have substantial doubt about YogurtLand’s ability to continue as a going concern. Intelligis Electronics is a manufacturer of advanced electrical components. During the year, changes in the market resulted in a significant decrease in the demand for their products, which are now being sold significantly...
For the following independent situations, assume that you are the audit partner on the engagement: A number of frozen yogurt stores have opened in the last few years and your client, YogurtLand, has experienced a noticeable decline in customer traffic over the past several months that has caused you to have substantial doubt about YogurtLand’s ability to continue as a going concern. Intelligis Electronics is a manufacturer of advanced electrical components. During the year, changes in the market resulted in...
sued. If you lave no ate report for each alternative materiality level. 3-26 (OBJECTIVES 3-4,3-5,3-6, 3-7, 3-8) For the following independent situations, assume that you are the audit partner on the engagement: 1. A number of frozen yogurt stores have opened in the last few years and your client, YogurtLand, has experienced a noticeable decline in customer traffic over the past several months that has caused you to have substantial doubt about Yogurt Land's ability to continue as a going...
3-25 (OBJECTIVES 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8) For the following independent situations, assume that you are the audit partner on the engagement: 1. Auto Delivery Company has a fleet of several delivery trucks. In the past, Auto Delivery had followed the policy of purchasing all equipment. In the current year, they decided to lease the trucks. The method of accounting for the trucks is therefore changed to lease capitalization. This change in policy is fully disclosed in footnotes. 2. You...