An Auditor Is Conducting the Audit of the Financial Statements

question 13

Essay

An auditor is conducting the audit of the financial statements of a retail department store.The auditor is aware that he must obtain sufficient appropriate evidence with respect to various audit assertions associated with management assertions and thus with material financial statement amounts.
The following is a list of specific audit procedures the auditor plans to perform:
1.Send negative external confirmation requests to a large sample of the store's customers who have balances due on account at year end.
2.Perform test counts of goods on hand during the company's normal physical inventory taking,one month prior to the year end.
3.Examine receiving reports dated prior to the year end that have not been matched to vendor invoices.
4.Review paid invoices and supporting documents for amounts classified as repair and maintenance expense for large or unusual items.
5.Examine audited financial statements of several foreign companies in which the client owns shares,and which are being held as temporary investments.
Required:
For each of the five audit procedures listed,describe only the PRIMARY management assertion being tested,the PRIMARY audit assertion being tested,and the quality of evidence (high,medium,low)obtained,explaining WHY the evidence is the quality level you specify.

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Definitions:

Scanlon Plan

A gainsharing program designed to encourage productivity and cost-saving initiatives by sharing the resultant financial gains with employees.

Labour Input

The total hours worked by employees or the effort put in by employees towards the production of goods or services.

Gain-Sharing Plans

Performance-based compensation strategies designed to encourage teamwork and improve productivity by sharing the financial gains with employees.

Historical Baseline

A reference point derived from past data, typically used for comparison with current data to monitor changes or progress over time.