Principles of Auditing & Other Assurance Services (Irwin Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780077729141
Author: Ray Whittington, Kurt Pany
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Explain why the Continental Vending case is unusual with respect to penalties levied against auditors.
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- The auditor’s report in the U.S. does not provide the user with details on the level of materiality that the auditor used during the audit. Do you think that the audit report should disclose materiality levels? Why might the user find such information useful? Why might auditors hesitate to publicly reveal the level of misstatement that they will accept as “immaterial”? Would management have a preference regarding the public disclosure of materiality?arrow_forwardWhich of the following is the least persuasive type of evidence? purchase orders O bank confirmation O supplier statement O tax assessmentarrow_forwardWhat unfortunate lesson did the auditors learn from the situation in the Unregistered Sale of Securities case? What should auditors do when a violation of U.S. securities laws is suspected?arrow_forward
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- How does the study of criminology relate to the detection or deterrence of fraud? How does it differ from the study of accounting or auditing?arrow_forwardWhich of the following statements is invalid relating to confirmation of accounts receivable? a. A negative form of confirmation is preferable to use when individual account balances of customers are relatively smallb. A positive confirmation provides more reliable evidence than the negative confirmation because the auditor can perform follow-up procedures if no response is received from the debtorc. An auditor must consider using the negative form of confirmation when there is reason to believe that there may be a substantial number of accounts in dispute or with inaccuracies or irregularitiesd. In negative confirmation, failure to reply must be regarded as a correct response, even though the debtor may have ignored the confirmation requeste. None of the abovearrow_forwardwould you say that material mistakes found in a financial statement could lead to the auditors being held liable?arrow_forward
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