Assignment: Auditing
Need a draft (4 to 5 pages) of risk factors as identified for all of the major business transactions conducted by your chosen company, Kroger Company. Analyze the income statement, balance sheet, and cash and revenue for any potential risk factors and compliance issues with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Recording Standards (IFRS). Based on your analysis of risk, devise a statistical and judgmental sampling program for the audit universe. Recommend the most preferable audit testing procedure based on the audit universe items sampled.
The following critical elements must be addressed:
A. Analyze the income statement for any potential risk factors and compliance issues with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Recording Standards (IFRS).
B. Analyze the risk factors and compliance issues with GAAP or IFRS on the balance sheet.
C. Using the internal control, analyze the cash and revenue for potential risk factors.
1. What risks need to be documented?
2. How does this information compare to the company or industry averages, or the company's past performance?
D. Explain the audit universe and how you identified it.
E. Based on your analysis of risk, devise a sampling program for the audit universe.
F. Choose the most preferable audit testing procedures that could be used in the field, based on the audit universe items sampled in this situation.