...Cindy Bachan Kaplan University AC503 Advanced Auditing Unit 3 Just For FEET, Inc. Case Study Professor Louis Beaubien December 14, 2011 1. Prepare common-sized balance sheets and income statements for Just for Feet for the period 1996 – 1998. Also compute key liquidity, solvency, activity, and profitability ratios for 1997 and 1998. Given these data, comment on what you believe were the high-risk financial statement items for the 1998 Should auditors insist that their clients accept all proposed audit adjustment, even those that have an “immaterial” effect on the given financial statements? According to section 312.10 of the PCAOB standards, “the auditor’s consideration of materiality is a matter of professional judgment and is influenced by his or her perception of the needs of a reasonable person who will rely on the financial statements” (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 2011). This statement suggests that there are no hard and fast rules with regards to the determination of whether an adjustment is material or immaterial. In my opinion, much of the decisions are left to the auditor’s interpretation of the rule. Given all the rules and standards that both auditors and corporations must abide by, it would be wise to accept the proposed audit adjustments. Whether they are “material” or “immaterial” should not matter, because the fact that the auditor finds it necessary to propose the adjustment must be based on a rule or interpretation...
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...Running head: Unit 3 Textbook Questions Unit 3 Textbook Questions Wendy Fast AC503: Advanced Auditing Unit 3 Textbook Questions 5-29: (Assertions). In planning the audit of a client’s inventory, an auditor identified the following issues that need audit attention. 1. Inventories are properly stated at the lower of cost or market. Valuation or Allocation. 2. Inventories included in the balance sheet are present in the warehouse on the balance sheet date. Rights and obligations. 3. Inventory quantities include all products, materials, and supplies on hand. Completeness. 4. Liens on the inventories are properly disclosed in notes to the financial statements. Presentation and Disclosure. 5. The client has legal title to the inventions. Rights and Obligations. 6. The financial statements disclose the amount of raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods. Valuation or Allocation. 7. Inventories include all items purchased by the company that are in transit at the balance sheet date and that have been shipped to customers on consignment. Completeness. 8. Inventories received on consignment from suppliers have been excluded from inventory. Rights and Obligations 9. Quantities times prices have been properly extended on the inventory listing, the listing is properly totaled, and the total agrees with the general ledger balance for inventories. Valuation or Allocation. 10. Slow-moving items included in inventory have been...
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