Audit Test Assignment - Finance Module, Semester 1, University

This assignment provides a comprehensive analysis of audit tests, covering various aspects of financial auditing. It begins by examining management assertions and audit objectives related to accounts receivable, followed by an analysis of cash receipts using sampling techniques. The assignment then delves into the types of audit evidence and their corresponding management assertions, providing practical examples. Further, it explores management assertions and persuasive evidence in different scenarios. A significant portion of the assignment addresses internal control weaknesses, specifically focusing on the materiality of such weaknesses. Finally, the assignment concludes with an application of Monetary Unit Sampling (MUS) to assess the accuracy of financial accounts, including calculations and interpretations of the results, providing a practical understanding of audit procedures and their implications.

Audit Test Assignment

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By student name
Professor
University
Date: 25 April 2018.
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Contents
Question 1...................................................................................................................................................3
Question 2...................................................................................................................................................3
Question 5...................................................................................................................................................4
Question 6...................................................................................................................................................5
Question 7...................................................................................................................................................5
Question 8...................................................................................................................................................6
Multiple Choice...........................................................................................................................................7
References...................................................................................................................................................8
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Question 1
In the below mentioned table the management assertions have been listed alongside the audit
objectives while the accounts receivable is being audited by the auditors for the balance due from the
customer on each of the balance sheet date.
Specific Audit Objective Management Assertion
There are no unrecorded receivable This relates to the management assertion of
completeness in recording of the transactions in the
books.
Receivables have not been sold or
discounted
Here the assertion is with respect to the valuation and
allocation of the sales (Chron, 2017).
Uncollectible accounts have been provided
for.
This again relates to completeness of accounting of
collections. Also, the valuation also needs to be
checked in this scenario.
Receivables that have become uncollected
have been written off.
The management assertion which is involved is
valuation and allocation of the receivables.
All accounts on the list are expected to be
collected within one year.
This relates to the assertion that whether the right to
receive and record has been established by the
company. Thus, it relates to “rights and obligations”
Any agreement or condition that restricts
the nature of the trade receivables is
known and disclosed.
Here the management assertion involved related to the
aspect of disclosure and presentation of the trade
receivables in the financial statements.
All accounts on the list arose from the
normal course of business and are not due
from related parties
This again relates to the rights and obligations of the
company to record the third party sales in the books of
accounts (Alexander, 2016).
Sales cut off at year end is proper This relates to the management assertion of proper
valuation of the sales to be recorded as cut off entry.
Question 2
In the given case, the partial audit program of the cash receipts of the Grapevine Company has been
given basis, which the given questions have been answered:
a. For the above mentioned case, the attribute of sampling can be used for all the audit procedures
namely the tracing of the entries of cash receipts in the cash receipts journal, the presence of
the customer name, date and amount in the cash journal, the remittance advice and approval of
cash discounts, the deposit slips. However, procedure 1, which relates to reviewing of the cash
receipts journal for large and unusual transactions cannot be carried out through sampling, it
can be best done through 100% review of the cash receipts journal as it comes under the ambit
of analytical procedures (Kachelmeier, Schmidt, & Valentine, 2018).
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b. The primary emphasis or the management assertion about the above test of sampling will be on
the line item basis or the date on which the prelisting of the cash receipts was being prepared.
In case the audit procedure 2 and 5 is being focused, then we can see that the primary emphasis
is on completeness in recording of the transactions. In case the prelisting of the cash receipts is
being verified, then all the other audit procedures can be conducted effectively and efficiently.
c. The sampling unit for each of the audit procedure has been listed below:
Audit
Procedure
Appropriate Sampling Unit
2 To check if all the cash receipts have been appropriately recorded in the cash
receipts journal.
3 The name of the customer, the date and the amount should be same and equal
in the prelisting and the cash receipts journal (Goldmann, 2016).
4 To check if all the cash discounts which have been allowed have been approved.
5 To check if the cash which has been included in the prelisting was there in the
deposit slip as well.
d. The exceptions which would indicate that the operating control is not working effectively has
been shown below:
1. The name of the Customer, the date and the amount of the transaction does not matches to
that which has been listed in the cash receipts journal.
2. Cash discounts have been given to the customer and have been availed by the customers
but the same has not been approved (Choy, 2018).
Question 5
In the following case, the type of the audit evidence and the management assertion has been specified
against each of the case studies:
Sl. No. Type of Audit evidence Management Assertion
1 The auditor should check on the
collectability ratio of the past years and the
confirmation of the balances from the
debtors.
The management assertion here relates to if
the valuation of the debtors has been done
correctly and whether the right to record the
receivables has been established.
2 The audit evidences here will be the
shipping bills and the amount recorded in
the sales journal (Raiborn, Butler, & Martin,
2016).
The management assertion here will be the
completeness in recording of transactions.
3 The physical stock count sheet and the
inventory records in the system.
Existence of the physical inventory in the
warehouse compared to what is reflected as
per records.
4 The Sales invoices in the chronological The completeness in recording of all the
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order and the sales journal listing. transactions in the sales journal would be the
assertion here.
5 The signature and the date and time on the
document stated (Jefferson, 2017).
Existence of the inventory with the company.
6 The approval regarding the withdrawal and
the deposit of the petty cash and the
frequency of the same.
The accuracy and completeness in recording
of the petty cash amount.
Question 6
The management assertion with respect to the given situations and the most persuasive evidence in this
regard has been stated below:
Sl. No. Management Assertion Most persuasive and why?
1(a) Valuation and existence of the
creditors as on the given date
The most persuasive evidence in this regard would
be the balance confirmation from the creditors or
vendors as it would help in checking both balances
as well as payments.
1(b) Completeness in recording of the
transaction of payment to vendors
and suppliers.
2(a) Completeness in recording of
transactions
The bank reconciliation statement would be the
most conclusive evidence in this regard as it would
help in reconciling both the year end bank balance
with the client’s banking institution and the bank
statement of the client.
2(b) Whether the cut off entries have
been passed accurately (Kew &
Stredwick, 2017).
3(a) The existence of inventory in the
warehouse needs to be checked.
The most persuasive evidence in this regard would
be the physical inventory records and the register in
which the inventory in and out is being recorded and
to reconcile the same with the system records.
3(b) The accuracy in the process of
client’s count of existing inventory
needs to be checked and evaluated.
Question 7
In the given case, Alana, a NSNG employee has been reconciling the bank statement with the cash
records but since she has not been taught how to do so, she has been doing it incorrectly for last 2
years. In order to determine whether it is a control weakness and if the same is material, the auditor
would first check on its likelihood and the magnitude and frequency (Lessambo, 2018). The event would
be significant or material only in case the likelihood of the event is probable or reasonably possible. In
the given case, the deficiency in control is quite probably prima facie, as the auditor also knows that the
requisite control has not been exercised for last 2 years. Once the likelihood has been established, the
auditor will now check on the magnitude of the misstatement. A misstatement is considered material,
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individual or in aggregate only if it has, the ability to change the decision of the economic users or else it
would be considered immaterial. A case where the chances are remote or less and the magnitude is low
then the same would be insignificant deficiency (Heminway, 2017). Significant deficiency is the situation
when there is a reasonable possibility of the misstatement but it is also known that the same is not
material but significant. Finally, material weakness is a situation where there is a significant deficiency as
well as the possibility of the misstatements is high as well as material.
As per the above definitions, the given case falls in the category of “material weakness”.
Question 8
In the given case, three CPAs namely Mary, Maria, & Mariah have decided to use Monetary Unit
Sampling to do the audit of Tom Music Store and its receivables accounts. It is also called probability-
proportional-to-size or dollar-unit sampling, to determine the accuracy of financial accounts. The
following is the calculation:
1. Ratio of expected to tolerable misstatement = 37500/150000 = 25%
Tolerable misstatement as a percentage of the population = 150000/2500000 = 6%
The sample size would therefore be 37500 and the sampling interval would be 66.67, which is
nearly 67.
2. The following table gives the output:
Recorded Amount Audit Amount Understatement/
overstatement
First misstatement 15000 12000 Overstatement – 3000
Second misstatement 5000 1000 Overstatement – 4000
Third misstatement 60000 50000 Overstatement – 10000
3. Given the results above, all of which shows the overstatement of the accounts receivable, it
shows that the company Tom Music Store has not made the fair representation of the Accounts
Receivable.
4. As per the above calculations, the amount of known misstatements in the Accounts Receivable
is altogether 17000 of the sample of 80000, which is near to 21.25% and is material.
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Multiple Choice
1. D. areas that may represent specific risks relevant to the audit.
2. C. Relationships involving income statement accounts
3. C. Additional tests of details are required
4. B. Management’s disregard of its responsibility to maintain an adequate control environment.
5. A. Scanning the general journal for unusual entries
6. B. The absence of misstatements in financial statements is considered evidence that the existing
controls are effective.
7. D. A requirement that management of the publicly traded company issues an assessment
regarding the efficiency of internal control for the year.
8. C. Qualified Opinion
9. D. Is comprised of audits of internal control over financial reporting and of financial statements
10. A. Affect the financial statement assertions
11. B. Creates a commitment for competence
12. A. Increased implementation of substantive audit procedures
13. B. Observation and Inquiry
14. C. Timing of substantive procedures from year-end to an interim date.
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