An Auditor's Principal Objective in Analyzing Repairs and Maintenance Expense

question 454

Multiple Choice

An auditor's principal objective in analyzing repairs and maintenance expense accounts is to:

• A) Determine that all obsolete plant and equipment assets were written off before the year-end.
• B) Verify that all recorded plant and equipment assets actually exist.
• C) Discover expenditures that were expensed but should have been capitalized.
• D) Identify plant and equipment assets that cannot be repaired and should be written off.

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