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Explain the audit objectives and the audit procedures to obtain sufficient
appropriate evidence in relation to:
Tangible and intangible non-current assets
(i) Evidence in relation to non-current assets, and
(ii) Depreciation
(iii) Profit/loss on disposal
Non-current assets
Evidence on statement
of profit or loss entries
• Depreciation
• Gains/losses on
Tangible Intangible disposals
non-current assets non-current assets • Impairments
• The following slides set out audit procedures for tangible non-current
assets.
• Remember, these are substantive audit procedures.
• DO NOT confuse these with tests of controls, which were covered in
Chapter 10!
REMEMBER!
1. Only purchased goodwill or intangibles with a readily
ascertainable market value can be capitalised.
Development expenditure
• Probable future economic benefits
• Intention to complete and use/sell asset
• Resources adequate and available to complete and use/sell asset
• Ability to use/sell the asset
• Technical feasibility of completing asset for use/sale
• Expenditure can be measured reliably
Required:
(b) Describe substantive procedures Suarez & Co should perform at
the year end to confirm plant and equipment additions. (2 marks)
• Note that the question states 'plant and equipment' so make sure
you do not include tests relating to property.
• You are asked for substantive procedures so do not include any
tests of controls.
• There are two marks available in total. This suggests you will be
able to score one mark per each well-explained audit procedure.
• Make sure your tests are sufficiently precise and detailed as
vague answers will not score very well.
Required:
(c) Describe two substantive procedures the external auditor of
Bluesberry should adopt to verify each of the following assertions
in relation to an entity's property, plant and equipment:
(i) Accuracy, valuation and allocation
(ii) Completeness
(iii) Rights and obligations (6 marks)
Completeness
• For a sample of property, plant and equipment selected by
physical inspection, trace these back to the non-current assets
register to confirm that they have been included on the register.
• Perform a review of expenditure accounts (repairs, maintenance
etc) and select sample for further testing. Obtain invoices relating
to these to ensure the costs have been correctly expensed rather
than capitalised.
• Re-perform the reconciliation of the non-current assets register to
the general ledger, investigating fully any differences.
Explain the audit objectives and the audit procedures to obtain sufficient
appropriate evidence in relation to:
Inventory
(i) Inventory counting procedures in relation to year-end and continuous
inventory systems
(ii) Cut-off
(iii) Auditor's attendance at inventory counting
(iv) Direct confirmation of inventory held by third parties
(v) Valuation
(vi) Other evidence in relation to inventory
Inventory
• IAS 2 Inventories
• Inventory should be valued at the lower of cost and net realisable
value.
• Cost: all costs of purchase and other costs incurred in bringing
inventory to its present location and condition.
• Net realisable value: the estimated selling price in the ordinary
course of business, less the estimated costs of completion and the
estimated costs necessary to make the sale.
Before After
GRN GRN
Purchase
Purchase
Included in? Included in?
— Purchases — Purchases X
— Payables — Payables X
— Inventories — Inventories X
Before After
GDN GDN
Sales
— Sales — Sales X
— Receivables — Receivables X
— Inventories X — Inventories
• Inventory must be valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
• Auditors need to understand how cost is determined.
• Cost should include an appropriate proportion of overheads.
• As there are many ways to determine cost, management should be
using a method consistently and a method that gives a fair
approximation to cost.
Receivables
Direct
Other evidence
confirmation
What should the auditor do if the client does not give permission for
receivables' confirmations?
• Inquire about management's refusal to give permission.
• Seek audit evidence about the validity and reasonableness of the
reasons for refusal.
• Evaluate the implications of the refusal on the audit.
• Perform alternative substantive procedures to get audit evidence.
• Communicate with those charged with governance and consider
implications for the auditor's report if the reasons seem unreasonable
or cannot get sufficient, appropriate audit evidence from other
sources.
Positive confirmation
• A positive confirmation request is one in which the confirming party
responds directly to the auditor indicating whether they agree or
disagree with the information in the request or provides the requested
information.
Negative confirmation
• A negative confirmation request is one in which the confirming
party responds directly to the auditor only if they disagree with the
information in the request.
The auditor may have to do alternative audit work to gain evidence about
these balances such as reviewing after-date cash, shipping
documentation and sales.
Customer 1
• The cash in transit should be traced to the cash receipts book post
year-end. I would expect it to be received within a few days of the
year-end.
• I would also trace the cash to the bank paying-in slip. Again, this
should be stamped by the bank post year-end.
Customer 2
• The goods in transit should be traced to a GDN dated prior to the
year-end.
• If inventory records exist the dispatch could be traced to the
records to confirm that it was sent prior to the year-end.
Customer 3
• The reason for the dispute and my client's views on it should be
obtained from the correspondence file between Customer 3 and
my client.
• Credit notes post year-end should be scrutinised to determine
whether a credit was given for the disputed goods.
• Cash receipts should be reviewed post year-end to determine
whether Customer 3 paid the full balance.
• If the amount is outstanding at the audit date, discuss
recoverability with the credit controller.
Required:
Describe substantive procedures you would perform to obtain
sufficient and appropriate audit evidence in relation to the above.
(5 marks)
Explain the audit objectives and the audit procedures to obtain sufficient
appropriate evidence in relation to:
Bank and cash
(i) Bank confirmation reports used in obtaining evidence in relation to
bank and cash
(ii) Other evidence in relation to bank
(iii) Other evidence in relation to cash
Window-dressing
• The bank balance is open to the risk of window-dressing so cut-off
must be audited carefully.
• Management may try to overstate liquidity by keeping the cash book
open to take credit for remittances actually received after the year-end
(overstate cash and understate receivables), or recording cheques
paid in the period which are not actually dispatched until after the
period-end (understate cash and overstate liabilities).
Cash count
• All cash/petty cash books should be written up to date in ink (or
other permanent form) at the time of the count.
• All balances must be counted at the same time.
• All negotiable securities must be available and counted at the time the
cash balances are counted.
• At no time should the auditors be left alone with the cash and
negotiable securities.
• All cash and securities counted must be recorded on working
papers subsequently filed on the current audit file.
• Reconciliations should be prepared where applicable (for example,
imprest petty cash float).
Required:
Describe substantive procedures the auditor should perform to
confirm the bank and cash balance of Fox Industries Co at the year
end. (7 marks)
• There are seven marks available here so assume that there is one
mark awarded per well-explained audit procedure.
• Note that substantive procedures are required so do not mention
tests of controls in your answer!
• You are asked for audit procedures on bank and cash so do not
just focus on the bank balance.
Bank balance
• Send a bank confirmation request to the bank(s) holding the
current and savings accounts of Fox Industries Co so that the
year-end bank balance can be verified.
• Review the year-end reconciliation of the bank balance per the
general ledger against the bank balance per the bank letter.
• Re-perform the year-end bank reconciliation for each account and
investigate any differences fully.
• Agree the balance per the draft financial statements to the general
ledger and the bank reconciliations.
• Review draft financial statements to confirm that all amounts and
relevant disclosures relating to cash have been correctly stated.
Cash balance
• Count year-end cash balances and match to cash records such as
the petty cash book.
• Obtain certificates of cash-in-hand from responsible officers.
• Review draft financial statements to confirm that all amounts and
relevant disclosures relating to cash have been correctly stated.
Explain the audit objectives and the audit procedures to obtain sufficient
appropriate evidence in relation to:
Payables and accruals
(i) Supplier statement reconciliations and direct confirmation of
accounts payable
(ii) Obtain evidence in relation to payables and accruals, and
(iii) Purchases and other expenses
Explain the audit objectives and the audit procedures to obtain sufficient
appropriate evidence in relation to:
Share capital, reserves and directors' emoluments
(i) Evidence in relation to share capital, reserves and directors'
emoluments
Substantive procedures
• Obtain/prepare schedule of loans outstanding at the year-end date
showing, for each loan: name of lender, date of loan, maturity
date, interest date, interest rate, balance at the end of the period and
security.
• Compare opening balances to previous year's papers.
• Test the clerical accuracy of the analysis.
• Compare balances to the general ledger.
• Agree name of lender etc to register of debenture holders or
equivalent (if kept).
• Trace additions and repayments to entries in the cash book.
• Confirm repayments are in accordance with loan agreement.
• Examples of contingencies
— Guarantees
— Discounted bills of exchange
— Uncalled liabilities on shares or loan inventory
— Lawsuits or claims pending
— Options to purchase assets
• ISA 501 Audit evidence – specific considerations for selected items
Required:
Describe substantive procedures to obtain sufficient and appropriate
audit evidence in relation to the above issue. (4 marks)
Termination Incentive
Salary Bonuses payments payments Total
$ $ $ $ $
Director A 120,000 90,000 – – 210,000
Director B 80,000 50,000 – – 130,000
Director C 50,000 5,000 15,000 – 70,000
Director D 20,000 5,000 – 10,000 35,000
270,000 150,000 15,000 10,000 445,000
Salary:
• Vouch salary amounts to monthly payroll records and bank statements to
ensure the amounts are accurate.
• For Directors C and D, obtain their leaving/start dates from the HR
department and vouch this to board meeting minutes. Recalculate their
salaries on a pro-rata basis to ensure they are accurately recorded.
Bonuses:
• Vouch the level of bonuses awarded to board meeting minutes, payroll
records and bank statements to ensure they have been authorised and
are accurately recorded.
• Discuss with management the reasons why Director C was awarded a
bonus despite leaving the company during the year. Support any
explanations with written documentation where possible (for example
Director C's contract).
General:
• Re-cast the schedule to ensure the note is accurate.
• Review the disclosure to ensure that it is in accordance with
applicable law and accounting standards.
Not-for-profit organisations
Types of not-for-profit
organisations
Charities
To carry out the charitable purpose
Schools
To provide education
Hospitals
To provide healthcare
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Audit risk
Let's look at some of the audit risks that might be relevant to the audit of
a not-for-profit organisation.
We will consider inherent risk and control risk.
Inherent risk
• Complexity and extent of regulation
• Significance of donations and cash receipts
• Difficulties in establishing ownership and timing of voluntary income
where funds are raised by non-controlled bodies
• Lack of predictable income or precisely identifiable relationship
between expenditure and income
• Uncertainty of future income
Control risk
• Amount of time committed by directors/trustees to the organisation's
affairs
• Skills and qualifications of directors/trustees
• Frequency and regularity of board/trustee meetings
• Form and content of board/trustee meetings
• Independence of trustees from each other
• Division of duties between management/trustees
• Degree of involvement in the organisation's transactions by individual
directors/trustees
The director of the charity is the vet who looks after the dogs. As she
is very busy tending to the dogs, she has little time to spend on
administrative activities and tends to delegate this to the one
administrative assistant employed and the shop manager.
Recently, the vet has been talking to an accountant friend of her's
who suggested that she ought to take a greater interest in the
financial side of the charity as there may be scope to improve how
the charity is run.
Imagine that you are the external auditor of Paws for Thought. What
audit risks can you identify from this scenario?
Uncorrected misstatements
Written
Subsequent events Going concern
representations
Two types
• Adjusting events: events that provide evidence of conditions that
existed at the year-end date
• Non-adjusting events: events that are indicative of conditions that
arose after the year-end date
Audit evidence
• Inquiries of management
• Inspection of board meeting minutes and latest interim financial
statements
• Review of procedures to identify subsequent events
• Inquiries with client's lawyers re litigation claims
• Written representations
If amendment is required:
If amendment is required:
Summary
A 1 and 3
B 2, 3 and 4
C 1, 2 and 4
D 3 and 4
Event 2 – Explosion
An explosion occurred at the smallest of the four offsite storage
locations on 20 May 20X3. This resulted in some damage to
inventory and property, plant and equipment. Panda Co's
management have investigated the cause of the explosion and
believe that they are unlikely to be able to claim on their insurance.
Management of Panda Co has estimated that the value of damaged
inventory and property, plant and equipment was $0.9 million and it
now has no scrap value.
Required:
For each of the two events above:
(i) Explain whether the financial statements require amendment.
(ii) Describe audit procedures that should be performed in order to
form a conclusion on any required amendment.
(12 marks)
Note. The total marks will be split equally between each event.
Event 2 – Explosion
The amount of inventory and property, plant and equipment damaged
is estimated to be $0.9m. It has no scrap value. Inventory and
property, plant and equipment are therefore overstated by $0.9m.
This represents 16.1% of profit before tax and 1.6% of revenue, and
is therefore material. The explosion represents a non-adjusting event
in accordance with IAS 10 Events after the reporting period. It
therefore does not require adjustment in the financial statements but
should be disclosed as it is material.
Arrears or
Adverse key financial Operating losses discontinuance of
ratios Change from credit to dividends
cash-on-delivery with
suppliers
Other
The following issues have arisen during two of your firm's audits:
(i) The directors of Difficult Times Co have prepared the financial
statements on the going concern basis but the auditor does not
believe that the company is a going concern. The directors refuse
to amend the financial statements.
(ii) The directors of Trading's Hard Co have made the appropriate
disclosures relating to material uncertainties related to going
concern in the financial statements. The auditor has a significant
level of concern regarding the going concern basis but is happy
with the disclosure and does not disagree with the use of the
going concern basis.
You are the audit senior of Holtby & Co and are planning the audit of
Walters Co (Walters) for the year ended 31 December 20X4. The
company produces printers and has been a client of your firm for two
years; your audit manager has already had a planning meeting with
the finance director. He has provided you with the following notes of
his meeting and financial statement extracts.
Walter's management were disappointed with the 20X3 results and
so in 20X4 undertook a number of strategies to improve the trading
results. This included the introduction of a generous sales-related
bonus scheme for their salesmen and a high profile advertising
campaign. In addition, as market conditions are difficult for their
customers, they have extended the credit period given to them.
Required:
Describe the procedures that the auditor of Walters Co should
perform in assessing whether or not the company is a going concern.
Remember!
• Written representations on their own do not provide sufficient
appropriate audit evidence
• Written representations support other audit evidence
Treatment of misstatements
A misstatement is a difference between the amount, classification,
presentation, or disclosure of a reported financial statement item and the
amount, classification, presentation, or disclosure that is required for the
item to be in accordance with the applicable financial reporting
framework. It can arise from error or fraud.
An uncorrected misstatement is a misstatement accumulated during
the audit by the auditor which has not been corrected.
Misstatements
• Factual misstatements
• Judgemental misstatements
• Projected misstatements
C
The outstanding balance with Pirlo Co is likely to be irrecoverable as
the customer is experiencing financial difficulties.
The balance is material at 7 4% of profit before tax and 2 5% of
revenue.
Currently profit and assets are overstated by $285,000. Therefore the
correct option is C.
A
Writing to the customer/agreeing to invoices, while valid procedures
during the audit to verify the existence of an outstanding balance,
would not allow the auditor to assess the recoverability of the balance
which is the key issue in determining whether an adjustment is
required. Therefore options 3 and 4 are incorrect.
Post year-end cash testing is the best way for the auditor to assess if
the balance is recoverable wholly or in part and therefore the cash
book should be reviewed for any receipts which will change the
assessment of the debt after the year end. The issue should also be
discussed with management to understand their reasons for not
wanting to amend the financial statements as this may be due to a
change in circumstances.
Auditor's reports
• At the end of the external audit, the auditor produces a report which
sets out the opinion on the truth and fairness of the financial
statements.
• Are the financial statements prepared, in all material respects, in
accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework?
• ISA 700 Forming an opinion and reporting on financial statements
Unmodified opinions
An unmodified opinion is the opinion expressed by the auditor when the
auditor concludes that the financial statements are prepared, in all
material respects, in accordance with the applicable financial reporting
framework.
This is good!
Unmodified opinions
• The next few slides are going to discuss situations where the opinion
is not modified (ie the financial statements show a true and fair view)
BUT the report itself is modified.
• This can be because the report includes an emphasis of matter
paragraph or an other matter paragraph.
• ISA 706 Emphasis of matter paragraphs and other matter paragraphs
in the independent auditor's report
• It is important that you understand that although an opinion may be
unmodified, the report will be modified by the inclusion of an
emphasis of matter paragraph or other matter paragraph.
• So you can have a modified report with a modified opinion or you can
have a modified report but an unmodified opinion (due to an emphasis
of matter paragraph or an other matter paragraph).
Emphasis of Matter
We draw attention to Note X to the financial statements which describes
the uncertainty related to the outcome of the lawsuit filed against the
company by XYZ Company. Our opinion is not qualified in respect of this
matter.
Example
• Prior period financial statements not audited
Qualified Opinion
In our opinion, except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis
for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the financial statements present fairly, in
all material respects, (or give a true and fair view of) the financial position
of ABC Company as at December 31, 20X1, and (of) its financial
performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards.
Summary table
Additional information
Net assets: $250,000
Revenue: $455,000
Situation 1
A major customer has gone bankrupt shortly after the year-end. At
the year-end, $25,500 was owing from this customer but the directors
will not amend the financial statements as a result of the customer
becoming bankrupt.
Situation 2
An accrual worth $1,560, representing an amount due to a new
supplier, has been omitted from the year-end statement of financial
position in error. No other errors on accruals or trade payables have
been found.
Situation 3
A small fire at head office has resulted in the loss of some records,
most of which relate to inventory. Inventory is one of the biggest
figures in the statement of financial position at year-end.
You have been provided with some information about net assets and
revenue in this question. You must use it to assess whether the
issues in the question are material or not as this will directly impact
the effect on the auditor's opinion.
In an exam question, if you are provided with figures for net
assets/revenue/profit before tax etc, you must ensure you use them –
it is not enough to say that something is material without comparing it
to the information you have been given in the question.
The first thing to do, therefore, is a quick calculation to see whether
the issue is material or not.
The debt with Pirlo Co should be provided for and is material to the
financial statements at 7 4% of profit before tax and 2 5% of revenue.
This represents a material misstatement which is material but not
pervasive. As such, if no adjustment is made the auditor will be
required to provide a qualified ‘except for’ opinion. If the required
change is made, then no material misstatement exists and therefore
the auditor will be able to issue an unmodified opinion.
Implied information
• Adequate accounting records have been kept.
• The accounts agree with the records.
• The auditors have received all necessary information.
• All directors' transactions have been disclosed.
• The directors' report is consistent with the accounts.
You are the audit manager of Villa & Co and you are currently
reviewing the audit files for several of your clients for which the audit
fieldwork is complete. The audit seniors have raised the following
issues:
Czech Co
Czech Co is a pharmaceutical company and has incurred research
expenditure of $2.1m and development expenditure of $3.2m during
the year, this has all been capitalised as an intangible asset. Profit
before tax is $26.3m.
Dawson Co
Dawson Co's computerised wages program is backed up daily,
however for a period of two months the wages records and the back-
ups have been corrupted, and therefore cannot be accessed. Wages
and salaries for these two months are $1.1m. Profit before tax is
$10m.
Required:
For each of the clients above:
(i) Discuss the issue, including an assessment of whether it is
material; and (4 marks)
(ii) Describe the impact on the audit report if the issue remains
unresolved. (4 marks)
Czech Co
IAS 38 Intangible Assets states that research expenditure must
always be expensed. Development expenditure can only be
capitalised if it meets certain criteria.
Czech has incorrectly capitalised $2.1m of research expenditure.
This represents 7.9% of profit before tax and is therefore material.
The development costs capitalised of $3.2m represent 12.2% of profit
before tax and are also material. If these do not meet the criteria for
capitalisation, they should be expensed.
If the directors refuse to expense the research costs, the auditor's
opinion will be modified with a qualified opinion as the issue is
material but not pervasive. This will also apply if the development
costs have been incorrectly capitalised.
Dawson Co
The wages costs of $1.1m for the two months in question represent
11% of profit before tax and are therefore material.
The auditors should seek alternative audit procedures to verify the
wage costs for the two months.
If the auditors cannot obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence for
the wages cost then the audit opinion will be qualified 'except for' as
this is a material but not pervasive issue.
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