If a Company Owns Many Business Locations (For Example, Many

Essay

If a company owns many business locations (for example, many store locations), and in the aggregate they could cause material misstatements to the financial
statements, the auditor would need to obtain sufficient audit evidence for all the locations
to conclude on ICFR effectiveness. Assume the stores do not share a standard accounting system, and backroom operations and entity-level controls are not uniform across locations.
Is it possible that this situation could make the needed audit procedures cost prohibitive,
so that the company could not get an audit? Discuss. How might the company
need to modify its procedures?