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Chapter 13, Problem 3CP
To determine

Investment:

The act of allocating money to buy a monetary asset, in order to generate wealth in the future is referred to as investment.

To explain: The valuation of investments, when market value is not available.

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An auditor is establishing procedures for testing management’s assertions regarding existence in relation to reported investments in marketable securities. The auditor is considering using confirmations or observation. Which of these techniques would be appropriate for obtaining evidence about existence? A. Confirmations Only B. Observations Only C. Neither confirmations nor observations D. Both confirmations and observations
If the auditors discover that the carrying amount of a client’s investments is overstated because of a loss in value that is other than a temporary decline in market value, they should insist thata. The approximate market value of the investments be shown in parentheses on the face of the balance sheet.b. The investments be classified as long term for balance-sheet purposes with full disclosure in the footnotes.c. The loss in value be recognized in the financial statements.d. The equity section of the balance sheet separately show a charge equal to the amount of the loss.
Comment on the statement that materiality is in the eye of the beholder. How does this statement relate to the discussion in this chapter of how to gauge materiality in assessing financial statement restatements? Is materiality inconsistent with the notion of representational faithfulness?

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