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12.48 Departures from GAAP. On January 1, Graham Company purchased land (the site of a new building) for $100,000. Soon thereafter, the Highway Department announced a new feeder roadway route that would run alongside the site. The effect was a dramatic increase in local property values. Nearby comparable land sold for $700,000 in December of the current year. Graham shows the land at $700,000 in its accounts, and, after reduction for implicit taxes at 33 percent, the fixed asset total is $400,000 larger, with the same amount shown separately in a stockholders' equity account titled "Current value increment." The valuation is fully disclosed in a footnote to the financial statements, along with a letter from a certified property appraiser attesting to the $700,000 value.
Required:
a. Write the appropriate audit report, assuming you believe the departure from GAAP is material but not enough to cause you to give an adverse opinion.
b. Write the appropriate report, assuming you believe an adverse opinion is necessary.
c. For discussion: Should you (could you) issue a report conforming to Rule 203 of the
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct?
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This posting gives you an audit report for Graham Company and examines its departures from GAAP.. It examines Rule 203 of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.
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Since the departure from GAAP is material but not enough to give an adverse opinion means that you need to give a qualified report:
We have audited the affixed balance sheet of Graham Company as of December 31, 200x, and the associated statement of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements remain the responsibility of the company's management. Our responsibility is to state an opinion on these statements based on our audit.
We carried out our audit in accordance with the generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards necessitate that we plan and carry out the audit to get realistic assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. Our audit included examining, on a test basis, authentication supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The audit included appraising the accounting principles used and significant ...
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