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Estimates, events, and going concern

Estimates, Going Concern, Related Parties

Test estimates for bias, evaluate management's going-concern plans, and disclose related parties.

How the exam words it

The playbook

  1. 1Evaluate the assumptions and data behind an estimate, and a prior estimate far off from actual signals possible management bias.
  2. 2Going concern doubt does not by itself modify the opinion, evaluate management's mitigation plans and the one-year-from-issuance period.
  3. 3For related parties, the auditor ensures proper identification and disclosure, not elimination or an arm's-length guarantee.

The trap

Assuming going concern doubt forces a qualified or adverse opinion. If disclosure is adequate, it is an unmodified opinion with a going-concern section.

How the exam varies it

The same pattern, re-skinned along these axes:

Estimate evaluation, going concern, or related partiesAdequate disclosure versus inadequateThe auditor's responsibility versus management's

Drill this pattern

8 questions of Estimates, Going Concern, Related Parties from across the AUD topics. Clear it by getting 5 right with a streak of 3.

Shows up in 3 AUD topics