In: Accounting
1) If you were auditing Accounts Payable at a service firm, which assertion/s would be most at risk of misstatement, and why?
2) Explain how different groups of users of the financial statements may use the audit report for different objectives or purposes?
| 2) | Users of Financial Statements | Purpose/ Objective of Financial statements | 
| Suppliers | To analyze the company's ability to repay | |
| Stockholders | The decision of retaining or selling their stock in a particular company | |
| Investors | To know the Company's potentiality to repay. Their profitability, return on the investment in the business and whether to continue or not. | |
| Lenders | To analyze the company's ability to repay | |
| Employees | To know the company's stability, functioning, payroll processing in time and to develop their career | |
| Customers | They are the purpose of the business. To see the company's operations, customer-centric or not. | |
| The Government | For tax-related purposes. | |
| General Public | For outsiders to decide to have a relationship with the company | |
| Management | For the daily functioning of the business, their budgeting purpose, funding decisions etc.. | 
| 1) | Accounts Payable Assertions | |
| Existence | ||
| Completeness | ||
| Cutoff | ||
| Existence would be at more risk because | ||
| There are chances of duplicate invoices or payments involved. | ||