Question 3 Auditing Evidence (25) We discussed the management assertions that are implicit in a set of financial statements, specifically (1) existence occurrence (2) completeness (3) rights and obligations (4) cutoff (5) valuation allocation accuracy and (6) presentation and disclosure Required Answer the following questions regarding these assertions Explain why the existence assertion is generally more important for asset accounts than it is for liability accounts (3) Explain why the occurrence assumption is critically important for revenue (3) Completeness is considered the overriding concern for liability accounts Explain why this is so (3) Give examples of two types of transactions for which the cutoff assertion is critically important and explain why it is important for each transaction type Do not list more than two types of transactions (4) Identify two asset accounts for which the rights assertion should be considered particularly important and explain your reasoning Do not list more than two accounts (4) Identify two balance sheet accounts for which the valuation assertion is high risk and explain your reasoning Do not list more than two accounts (4) Identify two types of transactions for which presentation and disclosure is critically important and explain your reasoning Do not list more than two transaction types (4)

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Question 3 Auditing Evidence (25) We discussed the management assertions that are implicit in a set of financial statements, specifically: (1) existence/occurrence; (2) completeness; (3)

Question 3 Auditing Evidence (25)

We discussed the management assertions that are implicit in a set of financial statements, specifically: (1) existence/occurrence; (2) completeness; (3) rights and obligations; (4) cutoff; (5) valuation/allocation/accuracy; and (6) presentation and disclosure.

Required: Answer the following questions regarding these assertions.

Explain why the existence assertion is generally more important for asset accounts than it is for liability accounts. (3)

Explain why the occurrence assumption is critically important for revenue. (3)

Completeness is considered the overriding concern for liability accounts. Explain why this is so. (3)

Give examples of two types of transactions for which the cutoff assertion is critically important and explain why it is important for each transaction type. Do not list more than two types of transactions. (4)

Identify two asset accounts for which the rights assertion should be considered particularly important and explain your reasoning. Do not list more than two accounts. (4)

Identify two balance sheet accounts for which the valuation assertion is high risk and explain your reasoning. Do not list more than two accounts. (4)

Identify two types of transactions for which presentation and disclosure is critically important and explain your reasoning. Do not list more than two transaction types. (4)