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Solution Manual Auditing and Assurance Services 13e by Arens Chapter 19
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Chapter 19
Review Questions
19-1 Because the source of the debits in the asset account is the acquisitions
journal (or similar record), the current period acquisitions of property, plant and
equipment have already been partially verified as part of the acquisition and
payment cycle. The disposal of assets, depreciation and accumulated depreciation
are not tested as a part of the acquisition and payment cycle.
19-2 The reason for the emphasis on current period acquisitions in auditing
property, plant, and equipment is that there is an expectation that permanent
assets will be kept and maintained on the records for several years. The assets
carried over from the preceding years can be assumed to have been verified in
the prior years' audits.
If it cannot be shown through tests of controls and substantive tests of
transactions that all disposals have been recorded, additional testing of the prior
balance could be required. A first year audit also necessitates tests of the beginning
balance.
19-4 The audit procedures that may be applied to determine that all property,
plant and equipment retirements have been recorded are as follows:
19-1
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19-4 (continued)
19-6 Since the source of the debits to prepaid insurance is the acquisitions
journal or similar record (assuming all insurance premiums are charged to prepaid
insurance rather than insurance expense), the current period premiums have
already been partially verified as a part of the acquisition and payment cycle. The
allocation of the premium between prepaid insurance is not tested as a part of
the acquisition and payment cycle.
19-7 The audit of prepaid insurance should ordinarily take a relatively small
amount of audit time because:
19-2
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19-9 The audit of prepaid expenses differs from the audit of other asset
accounts, such as accounts receivable or property, plant, and equipment, because
prepaid expenses are often immaterial. Analytical procedures are often sufficient
for auditing prepaid expenses, while tests of details of balances are usually
required for other accounts such as accounts receivable and property, plant, and
equipment.
19-10 Debits to accrued rent arise from the cash disbursements journal, which
is verified as a part of tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for
cash disbursements. The credits typically arise from the general journal and may
not have been verified as a part of these tests. Furthermore, tests of controls and
substantive tests of transactions do not include verification of the inclusion of
accruals on all existing property and verification of the consistent treatment of the
accruals from year to year.
19-11 Property tax accruals take little audit time for most audits, and since
there are relatively few transactions to test and they are typically material in
amount, it is common to verify the accounts 100 percent. On the other hand,
accounts payable takes quite a bit of audit time and since there are usually a
large number of transactions to test and they are typically varied in amount, it is
common to verify the account on a test basis.
19-12 The following documents will be used to verify accrued property taxes
and related expense accounts:
1. Deeds to properties
2. Property tax returns
3. Cancelled checks
4. Invoices from the taxing authority
19-13 Three expense accounts that are tested as part of the acquisition and
payment cycle or the payroll and personnel cycle are:
Three expense accounts that are not directly verified as part of either of these
cycles are:
1. Depreciation expense
2. Amortization of patents
3. Year-end bonuses to officers
19-3
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19-4
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19-21
ITEM SUBSTANTIVE
NO. INTERNAL CONTROL AUDIT PROCEDURE
1 Use of government study Compare to government study
depreciation tables. depreciation table.
2 Establish a policy for deciding which Test all expense charges to these
items require capitalization and accounts that exceed a certain
establish an internal verification amount.
procedure.
4 Require the deposit of all cash (1) Confirm loans with the bank
directly into the bank account. and perform other tests for
unrecorded loans.
(2) Examine plant asset additions
and agree to recorded
amounts and dete
19-5
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19-22
a. b. c.
TEST OF CONTROL TO SUBSTANTIVE
TEST FOR EXISTENCE OF PROCEDURE TO TEST
PURPOSE CONTROL FOR MISSTATEMENTS
1. To assure that Verify that master file exists Physically examine
recording asset and is used. fixed assets and trace
misstatements are to master file.
minimized. (Existence,
completeness)
2. To minimize Verify that written policies Examine supporting
accounting exist. documentation for
classification transactions to
misstatements. determine if policies are
(Classification) followed for account
classification.
3. To minimize Examine records for Test calculations and
depreciation indication of periodic postings of depreciation
calculation and verification of master file. charges.
recording
misstatements.
(Accuracy)
4. To minimize improper Examine a sample of Examine a sample of
purchases. purchase invoices of fixed purchase invoices of
(Existence) assets in excess of $20,000 fixed assets for
for Board of Directors' propriety and
approval. reasonableness.
5. To provide a record of Examine the company's Trace a sample of
fixed assets and physical count of equipment recorded equipment to
protect against their that compares tags on the the related equipment
loss. (Completeness equipment to records of tags. to make sure it exists.
and existence)
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19-23
a. b. c. & d.
ITEM TYPE OF EVIDENCE TYPE OF
NO. USED PROCEDURE OBJECTIVE(S)
1 Analytical procedure Analytical procedure Not applicable
2 Confirmation Test of details of Existence
balances Completeness
Accuracy
Cutoff
3 Internal documentation Test of control Completeness
4 Physical examination Test of details of Existence
balances Accuracy
5 Recalculation Substantive test of Posting and
transactions summarization
6 Analytical procedure Analytical procedure Not applicable
7 Inquiry of client Test of details of Completeness
balances Accuracy
8 External documentation Substantive test of Completeness
(cancelled checks) transactions Timing
Accuracy
9 External documentation Substantive test of Occurrence
transactions Accuracy
Timing
Classification
10 External documentation Test of details of Completeness
balances Cutoff
Accuracy
11 Recalculation Test of details of Accuracy
balances
12 Observation Test of control Occurrence
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19-24 a. No. In a first audit the auditors attention cannot be confined to activity
in the year under audit because (1) some balance sheet accounts
include material amounts which originated in prior years, (2) some
income and expense accounts include entries which are based on
decisions or transactions of prior years, and (3) consistency over
the years in the application of generally accepted accounting principles
is necessary for fairly presented financial statements. Also, some
audit testing of a nonrecurring nature will be necessary in an initial
engagement because the auditor does not have the benefits of (1)
familiarity with the company's history, personnel, system and
operations, (2) information regarding the composition and reliability
of beginning of the year balances, and (3) preceding year's audit
working papers. Consequently, in the first audit the auditor will require
such corporation documents as bylaws, articles of incorporation,
minutes since incorporation, organization charts and flowcharts,
and must comprehensively obtain an understanding of internal control
and assess control risk to determine the scope of audit testing.
b. The audit program procedures that the auditor should use to verify
the January 1, 2009, balances in the land, building and equipment,
and accumulated depreciation accounts of Hardware Manufacturing
Company should include the following:
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19-24 (continued)
8. Tour the plants and account for major property items on hand
to substantiate the reasonableness of fixed asset master file
records and to ascertain that idle, obsolete or worthless assets
are not being reported at more than their fair value in the
financial statements.
9. Test the assigned lives of depreciable assets and the bases,
methods and computations of accumulated depreciation for
propriety and consistency.
10. Review charges to the accumulated depreciation accounts to
determine that they properly represent disposals, abandon-
ments or extraordinary repairs.
11. Review the gains and losses on property disposals as an
additional means of assurance that the depreciation lives
and methods used are reasonable.
12. Scan federal income tax returns of prior years and revenue
agents' reports pertaining to them to determine whether
adjustments made for tax purposes should also be made on
the books.
13. Determine that generally accepted accounting principles of
income tax allocation are being used for differences between
tax depreciation and financial statement depreciation.
14. Inspect real estate and property tax bills to further substantiate
ownership and valuation of fixed assets.
19-25
Overall, the program fails to emphasize the possibility of omitted property from
the list. The key to an adequate audit of accrued property taxes is making sure all
owned property and only owned property is included and on the list.
19-9
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19-26
19-27 The banker has failed to recognize that the audit tests discussed relate
as much to the income statement as to the balance sheet. For example, obtaining
an understanding of internal control and the tests of controls and substantive
tests of transactions are heavily income statement oriented, analytical procedures
are more closely related to the income statement than to the balance sheet, and
even tests of details of the balance sheet help to uncover misstatements in the
income statement. The typical audit recognizes the interrelationship between the
income statement and the balance sheet and uses this interrelationship to help
design more effective tests to uncover misstatements in both statements. The
auditor is and should be greatly concerned about the fair presentation of the income
statement.
19-28 a. The tests of acquisition and cash disbursement transactions have two
purposes: to determine whether related internal accounting controls
are functioning (tests of controls), and to determine whether the trans-
actions actually contain any monetary misstatements (substantive).
The results of the tests apply to the population of all acquisitions
and cash disbursements, including plant and equipment and lease
acquisitions and cash disbursements, even though the specific sample
19-10
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19-28 (continued)
tested does not include any such transaction. Thus, if the results of
the tests are favorable, it is concluded that there is a lower
expectation of misstatements in plant and equipment and lease
transactions, and vice-versa.
b. A summary of the results from tests of controls and substantive
tests of transactions for acquisitions and cash disbursements from
Case 18-32 is: all transaction-related audit objectives are being met
at a satisfactory level except:
1. All supporting documents are not always attached to the
vendor's invoice. Note: Students using a nonstatistical
approach to Case 18-32 may not conclude that the results
for this attribute [9.b.(1)] are unacceptable, depending on
their estimate of CUER. However, most students will likely
conclude that the results are unacceptable.
2. All vendors invoices are not initialed for internal verification.
Half of those not initialed had account classification errors.
The impact of these results and the results from items 1 through 7
affect the balance-related audit objectives for plant and equipment
in the following way:
RESULTS OF
TESTS OF CONTROLS AND
BALANCE-RELATED SUBSTANTIVE TESTS OF RESULTS FROM
AUDIT OBJECTIVE TRANSACTIONS CONCLUSIONS 1-7
Detail tie-in Misstatements unlikely
Existence Misstatements moderately
likely
Completeness Misstatements unlikely Conclusion 1 supports
Accuracy Misstatements moderately Conclusion 4 indicates
likely a need for additional
evidence
Classification Misstatements highly likely Conclusion 6 indicates
a need for additional
evidence
Cutoff Misstatements unlikely
Realizable value No significant evidence Conclusion 3 indicates
provided a need for additional
evidence
Rights and obligations Misstatements unlikely
19-11
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19-28 (continued)
19-29 a. Items 1 through 6 would have been found in the following way:
19-12
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19-29 (continued)
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19-29 (continued)
1. No entry necessary.
3. The wing should have been recorded at its cost to the company.
19-14
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19-29 (continued)
$50,000/10 x = $2,500
19-15
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19-29 (continued)
Land $100,000
Buildings 400,000
Contributed capital- $500,000
Donated Property
$400,000/25 x = $8,000
19-30 a.
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19-30 (continued)
19-17
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19-30 (continued)
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19-30 (continued)
The following are variances of special significance to the audit that have
been determined from the revised analytical procedures worksheet. Before doing
additional work, there should be further discussion with knowledgeable management
about the variances identified. After investigating management's explanations,
the following additional audit procedures may be appropriate:
POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL
ACCOUNT AUDIT PROCEDURES
1. Sales Perform extensive cutoff tests and other tests
for possible overstatements.
10. Gain on the sale of assets Analyze the account to determine the nature
of the transactions and any misclassification
or incorrect accounting.
19-19
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Search the Internet for two or three companies fixed asset software packages
that interest you. Prepare a brief written evaluation of the software programs
compared by you. Contrast the software to the extent possible based upon
information that is available on the companys Web site.
Answer:
Student responses will vary. Although the problem is broad, it is designed to
encourage students to explore alternative software packages. Because there are
many software vendors on the Internet, instructors may wish to assign software
packages to students.
(Note: Internet problems address current issues using Internet sources. Because
Internet sites are subject to change, Internet problems and solutions may change. Current
information on Internet problems is available at www.pearsonglobaleditions.com/arens.)
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