Auditor With Six Months Experience - Charging All Time Worked 

 Facts:

• A staff auditor with 6 months experience is unsure whether he/she should charge all 8 hours he/she worked on Saturday or omit recording 6 hours in order to meet the budget.

• The statement in the text "You have been criticized on your evaluations on previous engagements for taking too long to perform certain tasks."

• The textbook concludes: "While this dilemma had a correct answer of 8 hours .

Question

Clearly, the staff accountant should charge all 8 hours. However, could there be a more fundamental problem? 

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

Yes there could be a more fundamental problem The staff auditors concern about whether to charge all ... View the full answer