ACC 460 Final Exam

Managements are required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies; assets, liabilities, income and expenses in order to prepare consolidated financial statements. These assumptions and estimates are critical and they are made in

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Classification: Posting of sales transaction to proper account: tested when accuracy tested; focus on unusual items

The case it self provides a series of matters to be attends, these matters have to be address in accordance to the General Accepted Accounting Principles.

Audit risk is the risk that the auditor gives the wrong opinion – this can either be stating errors when there are none or when there are errors stating that there are none. This risk cannot be eliminated as auditors can only provide a reasonable assurance and not absolute, but instead this can only be managed and reduced to a minimum.

Before diving directly into the article from the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) titled Governments to Report Liabilities Connected with Their Obligations to Clean Up Pollution (2006), one must first take a step back and take time to read, comprehend, and take to heart exactly what this organization stands for. Taken directly from their main web page under the tab labeled Education, the first thing seen in big, bold, blue letters is, “Due Process: The GASB Is Listening” followed by a definition of what listening means, “to hear with thoughtful attention”. When researching a little more into the GASB, it is easy to see how crucial listening truly is for them in order to fully accomplish their

I hope you are having a great summer. I’m ready for the fall semester and working on getting all of my classes in order for this upcoming semester. My goal is get admitted at the W.P. Caret school of business, to do so I need to submit a transferred student portfolio, a resume and two recommendation letters .in the portfolio I will need to have taken specific classes I was able to finish all the needed classes with grades B and better. However, I still need to take ACC 230 OR ACC211 AND ALSO ACC 240 OR 212. They don’t have to be in succession so I enrolled in ACC 230 like I did with you last semester and would like you to approve my enrollment in ACC 212 with Rhonda Culver class number 24233 as my first preference or Andrew Hamilton ACC 240

Astaire Company uses the gross profit method to estimate inventory for monthly reporting purposes. Presented below is information for the month of May.

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Target Corporation was founded in 1902 by George Dayton, a banker and real estate investor, the original name was Dayton Dry Goods Company, later in 1911 becoming Dayton Department Store, and in 1962 becoming Target a discount chain store. Target and its iconic red bulls-eye, named because it is a marksman’s goal to hit the center mark, much as it was Target’s goal to do the same in terms of retail goods, services, community commitment, price, value, and overall experience (Target.Com, 2012). 1967 saw Target grow from a regional department store to national retailer. In 2009 Target

Recognition and Measurement Criteria: the auditor shall obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence about whether management's decision to recognize, or to not recognize, the accounting estimates in the financial statements; and the selected measurement basis for the accounting estimates, are in accordance with the requirements of the applicable financial reporting framework.

1. All of the following are the general principles underlying the valuation of liabilities e xcept:

3. In testimony before Congress, George Greenspan reported that one means he used to audit the insurance restoration contracts was to verify that his client actually received payment on those jobs. How can such apparently reliable evidence lead an auditor to an improper conclusion?

d. “The auditor's reliance on substantive tests to achieve an audit objective related to a particular assertion may be derived from tests of details, from analytical procedures, or from a combination of both. The decision about which procedure or procedures to use to achieve a particular audit objective is based on the auditor's judgment on the expected effectiveness and efficiency of the available procedures. For significant risks of material misstatement, it is unlikely that audit evidence obtained from substantive analytical procedures alone will be sufficient (PCAOB, AS 2305.09).”

The auditor must obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment, including internal controls, so that they can identify and assess the risks of material misstatement on financial statements due to fraud or error and design and perform further audit procedures.