
For the procedure below, select whether the auditor will be testing primarily for an overstatement or primarily for an understatement.
- Communicating with the client’s legal advisers for details about outstanding legal claims
Select ONE answer:
- Primarily for the overstatement of provisions
- Primarily for the understatement of provisions
- Primarily for the overstatement of the warranty provision
- Primarily for the understatement of the warranty provision
Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:
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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.
The answer is 2
- Not correct
- Correct – The auditor’s main concern in testing assets is that they might be overstated whereas he will be concerned that liabilities might be understated. Communicating with the company’s legal advisers about outstanding legal claims is testing for understatement in liabilities.
- Not correct
- Not correct

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