The Auditor Determines That Each of the Following Objectives Will

question 41

Essay

The auditor determines that each of the following objectives will be part of your audit of Bozington Co., Inc. For each audit objective, select a substantive procedure that would help to achieve that objective. Each of the procedures may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
Audit Objective
1. Establish the completeness of inventories.
2. Establish the accuracy of cost amounts of inventories.
3. Determine that the presentation and disclosure of inventories and cost of goods sold is adequate.
4. Establish that the client has rights to the recorded inventories.
5. Establish the existence of ending inventory. Substantwe Proceciures
a. Examine current vendors' price lists.
b. Review drafts of the financial statements.
c. Select a sample of items during the physical inventory count and determine that they have been included on count sheets.
d. Select a sample of rec orded items and examine supporting vendors' inwoices and contracts.
e. Select a sample of rec orded tems on count sheets during the physical inventory count and determine that itemsare on hand.
t. Test the reasonableness of general and administrative labor rates.

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Definitions:

Future Expected Short Rates

The anticipated interest rates for short-term debt instruments in the future, important for forecasting and investment strategies.

Forward Rate

An agreed-upon interest rate for a financial transaction that will occur in the future, used in forward contracts and rate agreements.

Zero-coupon Bond

A bond that does not pay periodic interest and is sold at a discount from face value; its return comes from the difference between the purchase price and the face value paid at maturity.

Yield

The income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received, usually expressed as an annual percentage based on the investment's cost, its current market value, or its face value.