Your Uncle Bob, a CPA, Has Recently Started Auditing and He

question 23

Essay

Your uncle Bob, a CPA, has recently started auditing and he wants your advice on some tests of sales transactions he is conducting. Bob selected a haphazard sample of 15 sales with a total book value of $75,000. In his sample, he found a total of $500 in net overstatement errors. The total sales balance per book is $10,000,000. Overall materiality for the engagement is $300,000. Tolerable misstatement for sales is $70,000. If the sample results indicate that Bob's best estimate of total misstatement in sales is $35,000, can Bob safely conclude that no additional work is needed in this area? Include in your answer a clear discussion of how sample results are compared to tolerable misstatement.

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production or business activity.

Monopolistically Competitive

A market structure characterized by many businesses selling products or services that are similar but not identical, allowing for competition based on product differentiation, prices, and quality.

Profit-Maximizing

This refers to a strategic position sought by firms where they can generate the maximum difference between their total revenues and total costs.

Short Run

A period of time during which at least one of a firm's inputs is fixed, allowing for only some adjustments to production or capacity.