Assume that you have completed your procedures on the audit of Warren Corporation and have found the following audit issues.
a. Indicate the account balance financial statement assertion that is likely to be most impacted by each of the issues.
b. Indicate whether the impact of the issue would be understatement or overstatement of the account.
1. It was discovered that a number of the items on hand and counted in the inventory were on consignment.
2. In performing a price test of inventory items, you found a number of items priced below cost.
3. It appears that the selling price of certain of the company's products has declined significantly.
4. During the physical inventory it was noted that a number of inventory items were damaged.
5. Completeness Existencee Rights and Obligations Valuation and Allocation Inventory items were stored in three different warehouses and the auditors fear that some items might be in an undisclosed fourth warehouse.
6. Some inventory items owned by the company were in transit during the physical inventory.

Respuesta :

a. The indication of the account balance financial statement assertions of the following issues are as follows:

Issues                                     Financial Statement Assertions

1. Consignment Inventory     Existence, Completeness, Rights and Obligations

2. Items priced below cost   Existence, Accuracy and Valuation

3. Significant decline in selling prices = Accuracy and Valuation

4. Damaged inventory          Existence, Accuracy and Valuation

5. Undisclosed fourth warehouse =  Existence, Completeness, Accuracy and Valuation

6. Inventory in-transit           Existence, Accuracy and Valuation, completion, Rights and Obligations

b. Issues                                                 Impacts

1.  Consignment Inventory                    Overstatement

2. Items priced below cost                    Understatement

3. Significant decline in selling prices  Overstatement

4. Damaged inventory                           Overstatement

5.  Undisclosed fourth warehouse       Overstatement

6. Inventory in-transit                            Understatement

Thus, the financial statement assertions that the auditor must verify are existence, completeness, rights and obligations, accuracy and valuation, and presentation and disclosure.

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