SOLUTIONS MANUAL
Auditing, Assurance Services and Ethics in Australia
Greg Shailer, Brenton Fiedler, Alvin A. Arens, Randy J. Elder, Peter J. Best, and Mark
S. Beasley
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Auditing, Assurance Services and Ethics in Australia (11th Edition) - Solutions Manual
Greg Shailer, Brenton Fiedler, Alvin Arens, Randy Elder, Peter Best, Mark Beasley
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PART 1: THE AUDITING PROFESSION
Chapter 1 Demand for audit and assurance services
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Chapter 2 Auditors' legal environment
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Chapter 3 Audit quality and ethics
Chapter 4 Audit responsibilities and objectives
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Chapter 5 Audit evidence
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PART 2: THE AUDIT PROCESS: DECISIONS AND PLANNING
Chapter 6 Audit planning and documentation
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Chapter 7 Materiality and risk
Chapter 8 Internal control and control risk
Chapter 9
O Fraud auditing
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Chapter 10 The impact of information technology on the audit
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process
Chapter 11 Overall audit plan and audit program
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Chapter 12 Audit of the sales and collection cycle: Tests of controls
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and substantive tests of transactions
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PART 3: THE AUDIT PROCESS: APPLICATION
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Chapter 13 Completing tests in the sales and collection cycle:
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Accounts receivable
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Chapter 14 Audit sampling
Chapter 15 Audit of transaction cycles and financial statement
balances I
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Chapter 16 Audit of transaction cycles and financial statement
balances II
PART 4: THE AUDIT PROCESS: COMPLETING THE AUDIT
Chapter 17 Completing the audit
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Chapter 18 Audit reporting
Chapter 19 Other auditing and assurance engagements
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Arens, Auditing and Assurance
Services in Australia, 11e
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Chapter 1: Demand for audit and assurance
services
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Learning Objectives
1.1 Describe assurance services, and distinguish audit services from
other assurance and
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non-assurance services provided by public accountants.
1.2 Explain the importance of auditing in reducing information risk.
1.3 List the causes of information risk, and explain how this risk may be
reduced.
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1.4 Describe auditing.
1.5 Distinguish between auditing and accounting.
1.6 Differentiate the three main types of audits.
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1.7 Identify the primary types of auditors.
1.8 Describe the nature of public accounting firms, what they do and their
structure.
1.9 Describe the key functions performed by the professional accounting
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bodies.
1.10 Use auditing standards as a basis for further study.
1.11 Identify quality control standards and practices within the accounting
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profession.
1.12 Summarise the role of the Corporations Act 2001 in accounting and
auditing.
1.13 Describe the impact of e-commerce on public accountants.
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Review Questions
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1.1 The relationships among audit services, attestation services and assurance
services are reflected in Figure 1.1 of the text. Audit services are a form of
attestation service in which the auditor expresses a written conclusion about the
degree of correspondence between information and established criteria. An
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attestation service is a form of assurance service in which the public accounting
firm issues a written conclusion about an assertion made by a third party. An
assurance service is an independent professional service to improve the quality of
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information for decision makers.
The most common form of audit service is an audit of historical financial
statements in which the auditor expresses an opinion as to whether the financial
AP
statements are presented in conformity with accounting standards and other
mandatory disclosure requirements. An example of an attestation service is
attesting to the information in an entity’s projected financial statements, which are
PR
often used to obtain financing. There are many possible forms of assurance services,
including services related to business performance measurement, health care
performance and information system reliability.
OV
1.2 An independent audit is a means of satisfying the need for reliable
information on the part of decision makers. Factors of a complex society which
contribute to this need are:
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1. Remoteness of information
a. Owners (shareholders) divorced from management
b. Directors not involved in day-to-day operations or decisions
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c. Dispersion of the business among numerous geographical locations
and complex corporate structures
2. Biases and motives of the provider
a. Information will be biased in favour of the provider when his or her
goals are inconsistent with the decision maker’s goals
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Auditing, Assurance Services and Ethics in Australia
Greg Shailer, Brenton Fiedler, Alvin A. Arens, Randy J. Elder, Peter J. Best, and Mark
S. Beasley
ST
──────────────────────────────────────────────────
11th Edition
UV
IA
?_
AP
PR
OV
ED
? ?
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Auditing, Assurance Services and Ethics in Australia (11th Edition) - Solutions Manual
Greg Shailer, Brenton Fiedler, Alvin Arens, Randy Elder, Peter Best, Mark Beasley
ST
PART 1: THE AUDITING PROFESSION
Chapter 1 Demand for audit and assurance services
UV
Chapter 2 Auditors' legal environment
R
Chapter 3 Audit quality and ethics
Chapter 4 Audit responsibilities and objectives
U
Chapter 5 Audit evidence
IA
SE
PART 2: THE AUDIT PROCESS: DECISIONS AND PLANNING
Chapter 6 Audit planning and documentation
?_
IS
Chapter 7 Materiality and risk
Chapter 8 Internal control and control risk
Chapter 9
O Fraud auditing
AP
Chapter 10 The impact of information technology on the audit
N
process
Chapter 11 Overall audit plan and audit program
N
Chapter 12 Audit of the sales and collection cycle: Tests of controls
PR
and substantive tests of transactions
O
PART 3: THE AUDIT PROCESS: APPLICATION
C
Chapter 13 Completing tests in the sales and collection cycle:
OV
Accounts receivable
ED
Chapter 14 Audit sampling
Chapter 15 Audit of transaction cycles and financial statement
balances I
M
ED
Chapter 16 Audit of transaction cycles and financial statement
balances II
PART 4: THE AUDIT PROCESS: COMPLETING THE AUDIT
Chapter 17 Completing the audit
??
Chapter 18 Audit reporting
Chapter 19 Other auditing and assurance engagements
,ST
Arens, Auditing and Assurance
Services in Australia, 11e
UV
Chapter 1: Demand for audit and assurance
services
IA
?_
Learning Objectives
1.1 Describe assurance services, and distinguish audit services from
other assurance and
AP
non-assurance services provided by public accountants.
1.2 Explain the importance of auditing in reducing information risk.
1.3 List the causes of information risk, and explain how this risk may be
reduced.
PR
1.4 Describe auditing.
1.5 Distinguish between auditing and accounting.
1.6 Differentiate the three main types of audits.
OV
1.7 Identify the primary types of auditors.
1.8 Describe the nature of public accounting firms, what they do and their
structure.
1.9 Describe the key functions performed by the professional accounting
ED
bodies.
1.10 Use auditing standards as a basis for further study.
1.11 Identify quality control standards and practices within the accounting
??
profession.
1.12 Summarise the role of the Corporations Act 2001 in accounting and
auditing.
1.13 Describe the impact of e-commerce on public accountants.
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Review Questions
UV
1.1 The relationships among audit services, attestation services and assurance
services are reflected in Figure 1.1 of the text. Audit services are a form of
attestation service in which the auditor expresses a written conclusion about the
degree of correspondence between information and established criteria. An
IA
attestation service is a form of assurance service in which the public accounting
firm issues a written conclusion about an assertion made by a third party. An
assurance service is an independent professional service to improve the quality of
?_
information for decision makers.
The most common form of audit service is an audit of historical financial
statements in which the auditor expresses an opinion as to whether the financial
AP
statements are presented in conformity with accounting standards and other
mandatory disclosure requirements. An example of an attestation service is
attesting to the information in an entity’s projected financial statements, which are
PR
often used to obtain financing. There are many possible forms of assurance services,
including services related to business performance measurement, health care
performance and information system reliability.
OV
1.2 An independent audit is a means of satisfying the need for reliable
information on the part of decision makers. Factors of a complex society which
contribute to this need are:
ED
1. Remoteness of information
a. Owners (shareholders) divorced from management
b. Directors not involved in day-to-day operations or decisions
??
c. Dispersion of the business among numerous geographical locations
and complex corporate structures
2. Biases and motives of the provider
a. Information will be biased in favour of the provider when his or her
goals are inconsistent with the decision maker’s goals
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