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Evidence and Risk Flashcards

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Collection of evidence to support the opinion.

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Evidence consists of client accounting data and supporting documentation from client or from third parties.

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Evidence has an inverse relationship with Detection Risk

The one aspect of Audit Risk an auditor can control through (N)ature (T)iming (E)xtent of audit procedures.

Inherent Risk and Control risk are outside of auditor’s control.

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Detection Risk which is decreased by gathering evidence.

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Inherent Risk and Control Risk are outside of an auditor’s control.

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Less Evidence collected. Opens door for incremental audit risk - Internal Control should be strong.

Business and transactions should be relatively stable and predictable.

(N) Less-competent Evidence collected
(T) Interim testing acceptable
(E) Fewer transactions are verified.

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More Evidence collected

(N) More-competent Evidence collected
(T) End of year balance testing
(E) More transactions are verified

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Auditors are there to verify that

Assets & Revenues are not overstated
Expenses & Liabilities are not understated

Exception - if the CPA Exam states that it is a tax-driven company flip them around

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Cost vs. Benefit is a primary constraint.

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Sufficient (quantity)

Appropriate: Relevant & Reliable (Quality)

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Best evidence: Observation of activity by auditor.

2nd Best: Originates from External Parties and is sent directly to auditor (or failing that items are generated by third party and provided to auditor by the client such as a bank statement)

Weakest: Oral evidence from management.

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Third party documents are more persuasive and credible than internally-prepared docs

Auditor Knowledge = Most Persuasive

3rd Party info given to auditor

3rd Party info given to client

Internally-prepared doc

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Test substance/amounts/values. They help to reduce the risk of material misstatements. They only test accuracy of financial statements and dollar amounts - they don’t test internal controls.

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Trace (or Vouch)
Reconcile
Analytical Procedures
Confirmations
Examine evidence that supports management assertions.

(T.R.A.C.E.)

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Auditors focus first on Balance Sheet Accounts then associated Income Statement items

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Assurance Level is High.

Acceptable Detection Risk is Low.

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If Acceptable DR is High - Negative Confirmation is used - Customer only responds if balance is materially wrong.

If Acceptable DR is Low - Positive Confirmation is used - Customer asked to confirm by telling auditor the balance.

Corresponding Income Statement Account - Revenue

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Review purchase orders/invoices

Confirm with Vendors

Corresponding Income Statement Account - Various Expenses

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Examine purchase agreements

Look at Board Minutes

Is Inventory held as collateral?

Corresponding Income Statement Account - COGS

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Should match last year’s ending balance.

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If Beginning Balance Additions Subtractions are OK then Ending Balances should also be OK.

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22
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Foot all balances - Check the Math

Trace Cash Flow items to other Financial Statements

Check classifications - Operating Activities Investing Activities Financing Activities

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23
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Interest Paid

Income Taxes Paid

Non-cash Transactions

Cash and Cash Equivalents Definitions

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Results as if you had used Indirect Method

Non-cash Transactions

Cash and Cash Equivalents Definition

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25
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Subsequent events occur after the Balance Sheet Date but before the audit report is issued.

Auditor needs to make inquiries and assess if they affect the audit report.

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If audit report has already been issued and auditor becomes aware of a situation that was present as of the BS date client should issue a disclosure to financial statement users and/or revise the financial statement.

Regulatory agencies might need to get involved under some circumstances.

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If auditor discovers that they forgot to perform a substantive procedure auditor should determine if other substantive procedures performed served as a substitute.

Otherwise support for their audit opinion could be jeopardized.

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28
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REQUIRED When planning the audit (preliminary)

REQUIRED When reviewing the audit (final)

Analytical procedures may be also performed optionally along with the substantive testing.

Use of Analytical Procedures in the audit must be documented.

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Helps the Auditor:

Determine if Management Assertions are reasonable

Develop audit plan

Develop some expectations about the financial statement and hopefully bring to light any glaring errors on financial statement

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30
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Analytical Procedure focus is on dollar amounts (not internal controls)

Analyzes Financial Data: Do Financial Statements Make Sense?

Comparison of data between years

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31
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Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities

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Quick Ratio = Liquid Assets / Current Liabilities

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Asset Turnover = Net Sales / Average Assets

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34
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Inventory Turnover = COGS / Average Inventory

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Gross Margin % = Gross Margin / Sales

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36
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Ratios are Analytical Procedures

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37
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Budget vs. Actual comparisons are Analytical Procedures.

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38
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Ratio analysis

Budget vs. Actual comparison

Comparison of data between years

Use of non-financial data to predict expected values for financial data

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Management assertions help the auditor to plan the audit and select substantive tests.

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40
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Presentation - Cutoff Classification - Is it in the right period and category?
Existence/ Occurrence - Did it happen? Does it exist?
Rights & Obligations - Does the company own them?
Completeness - Was everything recorded?
Valuation - Are they worth the amount at which they are recorded?

(PERCV)

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Occurrence

Cutoff

Classification

Completeness

Accuracy

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42
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Occurrence

Completeness

Classification

Accuracy

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43
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No it is an extended procedure.

For example you don’t have to take a loan covenant document and go search out that it’s a valid loan covenant. Instead you consider the source - if it’s externally prepared it’s more persuasive.

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First and foremost you need to understand management’s rationale and methods for developing estimates before you can judge reasonableness.

Next Auditor should formulate their own opinion on what a good estimate should be and compare it.

Finally determine if subsequent events affect the estimate.

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Audit workpapers are the property of the auditor.

They can be paper or electronic.

They must include a WRITTEN audit program (either paper or electronic).

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46
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Information pertaining to the current year’s audit.

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47
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Information used for this audit and future audits which is updated as needed.

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48
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Must be kept for 5 years after the audit release date or according to regulations whichever is longer.

Must be kept for 7 years under PCAOB Audit

PCAOB audits also require an Engagement Completion Document

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Any experienced auditor should be able to look at your work and understand what you did.

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50
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If further documents are added to the work papers after the audit report is issued it must be documented as to who added them why they were added and any effects on the audit report.

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51
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After the audit report is released the firm has 60 days to subtract from the file.

You can still add to the file if you document it but you cannot delete any information after 60 days.

Note - for SEC auditors the PCAOB only allows deletions up to 45 days after issuance of the audit report.

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