Your Employer Operates in an Industry in Which Company Pre-Tax

question 16

Multiple Choice

Your employer operates in an industry in which company pre-tax earnings are expected to increase by 5% next year.Your employer,however,has issued earnings guidance in which it declared that it expects its pre-tax earnings to increase by 11% next year.As a result,which of the following elements of the Fraud Triangle are present?

• A) Attitudes
• B) Pressure to understate expenses
• C) Opportunity to overstate revenues
• D) All three elements are present

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Definitions:

Time Period Assumption

The accounting principle that allows the business operations to be divided into specific time periods such as months, quarters, or years for reporting purposes.

Accrual Basis Accounting

An accounting method where revenue and expenses are recorded when they are earned or incurred, regardless of when the cash transaction actually takes place. This method provides a more accurate picture of a company's financial condition than cash basis accounting.

Expense Recognition

The accounting principle that expenses should be recorded in the period in which they are incurred, matching them with the revenues they help to generate.

Working Papers

Documents that auditors create to support an audit process, including detailed records and summaries of audit evidence.