Discussion Question for this Chapter: Risk Assessment. This question consists of a number of items pertaining to an auditor's risk analysis for a company. Your task is to tell how each item affects overall audit risk --that is, the probability of issuing an unmodified audit report on materially misleading financial statements. Brandon, CPA, is considering audit risk at the financial statement level in planning the audit of Toxic Waste Disposal (TWD) Company's financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014. TWD is a privately owned company that contracts with municipal governments to remove environmental wastes. Audit risk at the overall financial statement level is influenced by the risk of material misstatements, which may be indicated by a combination of factors related to management, the industry, and the company. Required: Based only on the following information, indicate whether each of the following factors (Items 1 through 7) would most likely increase overall audit risk, decrease overall audit risk, or have no effect on overall audit risk. Discuss your reasoning. 1.This was the first year TWD operated at a profit since 2009 because the municipalities received increased federal and state funding for environmental purposes. 2.TWD's board of directors is controlled by Mead, the majority stockholder, who also acts as the chief executive officer. 3.The internal auditor reports to the controller, and the controller reports to Mead. 4.The accounting department has experienced a high rate of turnover of key personnel. 5.TWD's bank has a loan officer who meets regularly with TWD's CEO and controller to monitor TWD's financial performance. 6.TWD's employees are paid biweekly. 7.Brandon has audited TWD for five years