Problem 1: Note that reports of this size or longer are issued by the PCAOB each year for all of the national and international auditing firms. Many deficiencies are noted for all of the auditing firms and being addressed by the auditing firms. Many of the areas of concern identified in these reports were addressed in class. For example, see the top of page 13 (first bullet) of the this document.https://pcaobus.org/Inspections/Reports/Documents/2015_Grant_Thornton.pdf.
Required:
1. What assertion was not properly tested and why? How could they correct the situation?