Final Review Flashcards
Reports
Unmodified Audit Opinions (Nonissuers)
What are the 4 required sections?
OBRA
- Opinion
- Basis for Opinions
- Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements
- Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Unmodified Audit Opinions (Nonissuers)
What section(s) is/are the financial reporting framework referenced (i.e. GAAP)?
- Opinion
- Responisibilites of Management for the Financial Statements
Unmodified Audit Opinions (Nonissuers)
What section(s) is/are Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) referenced?
- Basis for Opinion
- Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Unmodified Audit Opinions (Nonissuers)
Key Audit Matters (KAMs) are optional to add the nonissuer report, unless the client engages the auditor to communicate KAMs. Where are KAMs located with respect to the auditor’s report?
Anywhere after the Basis for Opinion section (2nd paragraph)
Uqualified Audit Opinions (Issuer)
What are the 3 required sections?
- Opinion
- Basis for Opinion
- Critical Audit Matters
Uqualified Audit Opinions (Issuer)
What section(s) is/are the financial reporting framework referenced (i.e. GAAP)?
- Opinion
Uqualified Audit Opinions (Issuer)
What section(s) is/are Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) referenced?
- Basis for Opinion section
Uqualified Audit Opinions (Issuer)
Critical Audit Matters CAMs) are required to add to the issuers report when they meet all three of the criteria. Where are CAMs located with respect to the auditor’s report?
Anywhere after the Basis for Opinion section (2nd paragraph)
True or False?
The Opinion and Basis for Opinion headings change on the report of a nonissuer when the auditor’s report is modified?
True
True or False?
The Opinion and Basis for Opinion headings change on the report of an issuer when the auditor’s report is modified?
False; headings are consistent with the standard unqualified report with the exception of a disclaimer of opinion
Unmodified Audit Opinions (Nonissuers)
Complete Opinion statement:
In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present…
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ABC Company as of this date…in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Unmodified Audit Opinions (Nonissuers)
Complete Basis for Opinion statement:
We conducted our audits in accordance with….
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America… We are required to be independent…meet our ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements related to audits. We believe that the audit eveidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Unmodified Audit Opinions (Nonissuers)
Complete Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements statement:
Management is responsible for the….
preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accourdance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design , implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Unmodified Audit Opinions (Nonissuers)
Complete Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements statement:
Our objectives are to obtain….
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as whole are free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes an opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Uqualified Audit Opinions (Issuer)
Complete Opinion statement:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of X company as of this date, the related statements….
income, comprehensive income, stockholder’s equity, and cash flows, stockholder’s equity, and cash flows for each of the years then ended, and the related notes and schedules. In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the company as of this date, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.