Level 2 Difficult
Level 2 Difficult
Level 2 Difficult
Auditing
1. What computer-assisted audit technique would an auditor use to identify a
fictitious or terminated employee?
a) Parallel simulation of payroll calculations.
b) Exception testing for payroll deductions.
c) Recalculations of net pay.
d) Tagging and tracing of payroll tax-rate changes.
Solution: B
a) Incorrect. In a parallel simulation, data that were processed by the engagement
client’s system are reprocessed through the auditor’s program to determine if the
output obtained matches the output generated by the client’s system. This
technique might identify problems with the client’s processing but would not
identify a fictitious or terminated employee.
b) Correct. This type of computer-assisted audit technique (CAAT) program
can identify employees who have no deductions. This is important because
fictitious or terminated employees will generally not have any deductions.
c) Incorrect. A CAAT program can recalculate amounts such as gross pay, net pay,
taxes and other deductions, and accumulated or used leave times. These
recalculations can help determine if the payroll program is operating correctly or
if employee files have been altered, but would not identify a fictitious or
terminated employee.
d.) Incorrect. In this type of CAAT program, certain actual transactions are “tagged,”
and as they proceed through the system, a data file is created that traces the
processing through the system and permits an auditor to subsequently review that
processing. This would not, however, identify a fictitious or terminated employee.
Management Advisory Services
2. During 2019, Diana Corp. experienced the following power outages:
Number of
outages per Number of
month months
0 3
1 2
2 4
3 3
12
Each power outage results in an out-of-pocket costs of P400. For P500 per month,
Diana can lease an auxiliary generator to provide power during outages. If Diana
leases an auxiliary generator in 2019 the estimated savings (or additional
expenditures) for 2020 would be?
The cost of leasing an auxiliary generator is only P6,000 (12 mos. × P500/mo).
Therefore, Diana would be expected to save P1,600 (P7,600 – P6,000) in 2020 by
leasing the generator.
Taxation
3. Jon Snow Company had the following results of operations for the taxable year
2019:
How much is the taxable income of John Snow Company for the year 2019?
Answer: P300,000
Solution:
Gross Income P500,000
Business expenses 200,000
Net Income from operations P300,000
Capital Gain P 50,000
Capital Loss (P100,000)
Net Capital Loss (50,000) -
Taxable Income P300,000
Section 39(C) of the NIRC states that losses from sales or exchanges of capital
assets shall be allowed only to the extent of the gains from such sales or exchanges.
Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting
4. Caine, Osman, and Roberts formed a partnership on January 1, 2019, agreeing to
distribute profits and losses in the ratio of original capitals. Original investments
were P
= 625,000, P= 250,000 and
P
= 125,000 respectively. Earnings of the firm and drawings by each partner for the
period 2019-2021 follows:
Drawings