Determine the actual cause of the changes

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1. Distinguish between Cash and Cash Equivalents

2. The following are sales, cost of sales, and inventory data for a company, a wholesale distributor of car accessories. Dollar amounts are in millions.

 

2014

2013

2012

2011

Sales

102.8

92.8

88.4

79.6

Cost of sales

82.8

77.2

70.8

64.0

Beginning inventory

10.0

8.4

8.6

7.2

Ending inventory

12.6

10.2

9.4

8.6

Required

a. For each year, calculate the following ratios (1) Gross margin as a percentage of sales and (2) Inventory turnover

b. List several logical causes of the changes in the two ratios.

c. Assume that $2,500,000 is considered material for audit planning purposes for 2014. Do any of the fluctuations in the computed ratios indicate a possible material misstatement? Use a spreadsheet to show how you reach your conclusion.

d. What step should the auditor perform to determine the actual cause of the changes?

3. You are auditing general cash for a company for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. The client has not prepared the September 30 bank reconciliation,. After a brief discussion with the owner, you agree to prepare the reconciliation with the assistance from one the company's clerks. You obtain the following information:

 

General Ledger

Bank Statement

Beginning balance 9/1/14

$15,000

$17,800

Deposits

 

$31,051

Cash receipts journal

$33,330

 

Check cleared

 

(30,309)

Cash disbursements journal

($27,101)

 

September bank service charge

 

(150)

Note paid directly

 

(8,000)

NSF check

 

(950)

Ending balance 9/30/14

$21,229

$9,442

August 30 Bank Reconciliation

Information in General ledger and bank statement

Balance per bank

$17,800

Deposit in transit

1,200

Outstanding check

4,000

Balance per book

$15,000

Additional information obtained is as follows:

1. Check clearing that were outstanding on August 30 total $3,820

2. Check clearing that were recorded in the September disbursement journal total $25,239

3. A check for $500 cleared the bank but had not been recorded in the cash disbursements journal. It was for an acquisition for inventory. The company uses the periodic-inventory method.

4. A check for $750 was charged to the company but had been written on a different company's bank account.

5. Deposit included $1,200 from August and $29,851 for September.

6. The bank charged the company account for nonsufficient check totaling $950. The credit manager concluded that customer intentionally closed its account and the owner left the city. The check was turned over to collection agency.

7. A note for $7,500, plus interest was paid directly to the bank under an agreement singed five month ago. The note payable was recorded at $ 7,500 on the company's books.

Required:

a. Prepared a bank reconciliation that shows both the unadjusted and adjusted balance per books.

b. Prepare all adjusting entries

4. Below are 3 audit procedures commonly performed during an audit:

1. Read the client's physical inventory instruction and observe whether they are being followed by those responsible for counting the inventory.

2. Compare the client's count of physical inventory at an interim date with the perpetual inventory master file.

3. Account for a sequence of raw material requisitions and examine each requisition for an authorized approval.

Required:

a. For each procedure, identify which of the following is it:

(1) Test of control

(2) Substantive test of transactions.

b. For those procedures, identify, what transaction-related audit objective or objectives are being satisfied?

 

 

Procedures

 

Type of Test

 

Objective(s)

1.

Read the client's physical inventory instruction and observe whether they are being followed by those responsible for counting the inventory

 

 

2.

Compare the client's count of physical inventory at an interim date with the perpetual inventory master file.

 

 

3.

Account for a sequence of raw material requisitions and examine each requisition for an authorized approval.

 

 

5. Distinguish between Prepayments and Accruals

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