Exam 16: Applying Professional Judgment to Form the Audit Opinion and Issue the Audit Report

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Dual dating is used to cut off the subsequent event procedural responsibility at the earlier date.

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Auditors typically do not keep track of the differences between management estimates and the most reasonable estimates supported by audit evidence.

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The Orange Corporation was audited for the year-ended December 31,the fieldwork was completed on January 25,and the audit report was delivered on February 15.The auditor learned about a two-for-one stock split on February 1.How should the report be dated?

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Likely misstatements are those that probably exist,based on audit evidence examined.

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Further possible misstatements are those that could exist over and above the total of known and likely misstatements because of the fundamental limitations of auditing.

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If an audit report contains information relating to a company's MD&A,it would be found in a(n)________ paragraph.

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Briefly explain the auditor's responsibility for the subsequent discovery of facts that occurred between the date of the financial statements and the date of the auditor's report.

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List the most important matters arising from the audit of financial statements that should be communicated to the audit committee.

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Before adjusting entries proposed by the auditors are included in financial statements,they must be approved by the ________.

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Summarize the communications that auditors are required to make throughout the audit process.Indicate when these various communications need to take place.

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The most common reporting framework in Canada is the ________.

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Emphasis of Matter paragraphs refer only to information presented or disclosed in the financial statements.

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Further possible misstatements ________.

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Which of the following statements about forming an audit opinion is FALSE?

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Known misstatements ________.

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Likely misstatements ________.

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You are auditing Green Corporation for the calendar year 2012.Among other items related to the audit,Green is being sued for personal injury resulting from the malfunction of one of its products.Sue Ewe filed the lawsuit in September 2004.The officers of the company and its outside legal counsel estimate that the loss from the suit will be approximately $250,000.This amount has been accrued and properly disclosed in the footnotes of the financial statements.You have no reason to believe that the estimate is wrong.You completed your audit and dated your report March 2,2013.The financial statements were issued on March 14,2013.The trial was in progress at that date.On March 20,2013,you read in a national business periodical that the jury in the trial awarded Sue Ewe $1.5 million. Required: Discuss the nature of these events and what responsibility the auditor has,if any,regarding the news of March 20.

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The auditor typically writes a letter to the audit committee concerning material weaknesses in internal controls.

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Auditors consider materiality at each of the following stages of an audit EXCEPT ________.

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What are the three categories of uncorrected misstatements?

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