Case Study (13-36) Mt. Hood furniture located at the end of Chapter 13

(Mt. Hood FurniturePPS sampling problem) You have been assigned the task of testing the accuracy of the final inventory compilation for Mt. Hood Furniture. You may assume that you have separately observed the inventory and that you are satisfied that the inventory was accurately counted. However, you need to test that quantities were accurately transcribed to the final accumulation and valuation of inventory and that the inventory is correctly priced and accumulated. presents the audited values associated with Mt. Hood's pricing and accumulation of all items in inventory.

You may assume that you have performed the tests to determine the proper pricing for raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. The student should understand that the auditor will normally obtain this information only for the items included in the sample.

Book Value $6,753,764.00

Tolerable Misstatement $325,000.00

Expected Amount of Misstatement $100,000.00

Expansion Factor 1.15

Reliability Factor RIA = 37% 1

Sample Size 32.2 33.0

Sampling Interval 204,659.52

1. Identify the audit objectives that are accomplished by this test.
2. Determine sample size based on the following audit judgments.
3. Tolerable misstatement is assessed at $325,000.
4. The risk of incorrect acceptance is assessed at 37%.
5. Anticipated misstatement is assessed at $100,000.
6. Develop a scenario that is consistent with setting the risk of incorrect acceptance at 37 %.
7. Select a PPS sample of the above inventory population using the sample size determined in (2) above.
8. Explain the tests that you would perform to test the correctness of pricing of raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods.
9. Determine the amount of projected population misstatement based on your sample.
10. Considering your quantitative and qualitative results, develop a statistical conclusion and an audit conclusion based on your sample.