ARP approaches including ?trend analyses?. Assume you are a staff member of an audit firm which is
Question:
ARP approaches including ?trend analyses?. Assume you are a staff member of an audit firm which is auditing 2015 unaudited financials. You are asked to use trend analysis in the planning stage to identify 2015 accounts with possible evidence of RM [Risk of Misstatement].
1. Prepare a common size income statement for ABC Sports which adds to the attached spreadsheet, columns for common size percentages. Also add percentage differences and dollar differences for 2015 vs 2014. These differences provide audit evidence of ?trend? [year to year changes].
2. [Judgment] Highlight the two most audit-interesting percentage and dollar differences [trends]
3. [Analytical reasoning] Explain why they are interesting to the auditor [to you] including describing the audit risk that concerns you including saying whether you are concerned with overstatement or understatement in the accounts you have highlighted.
4. Suggest one specific additional calculation that would also provide interesting ARP evidence.
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International Financial Management
ISBN: 978-0078034657
6th Edition
Authors: Cheol S. Eun, Bruce G.Resnick