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    Read the following passage and answer the next 4 question (Q23-Q26) The purpose of an audit is to enhance the degree of confidence of intended users of the financial statements. The aforesaid purpose is achieved by the expression of an independent reporting by the auditor as to whether the financial statements exhibit a true and fair view of the affairs of the entity. Thus, an audit report is an opinion drawn on the entity’s financial statements to make sure that the records are true and fair representation of the transactions they claim to represent. This involves considering whether the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with an acceptable financial reporting framework applicable to the entity under audit. It is also necessary to consider whether the financial statements comply with the relevant statutory requirements. The main users of audit report are shareholders, members and all other stakeholders of the company. SA 700 (Revised) - “Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements”, deals with the auditor’s responsibility to form an opinion on the financial statements. It also deals with the form and content of the auditor’s report issued as a result of an audit of financial statements

    When the auditor, having obtained sufficient appropriate

    audit evidence, concludes that misstatements, individually or in aggregate, are both material and pervasive to the financial statements, he/she shall express which type of audit opinion?
    A Qualified Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Adverse Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Disclaimer Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Unmodified with key audit matter paragraph Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Adverse Opinion - The auditor shall express an adverse opinion when the auditor, having obtained sufficient appropriate audit evidence, concludes that misstatements, individually or in the aggregate, are both material and pervasive to the financial statements. Qualified opinion - The auditor, having obtained sufficient appropriate audit evidence, concludes that misstatements, individually or in the aggregate, are material, but not pervasive , to the financial statements; or the auditor is unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence on which to base the opinion, but the auditor concludes that the possible effects on the financial statements of undetected misstatements, if any, could be material but not pervasive. Disclaimer of Opinion - The auditor shall disclaim an opinion when the auditor is unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence on which to base the opinion, and the auditor concludes that the possible effects on the financial statements of undetected misstatements, if any, could be both material and pervasive.

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