4 (a) The purpose of ISA 250 Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements is toestablish standards and provide guidance on the auditor’s responsibility to consider laws and regulations in anaudit of financial statements.Explain the auditor’s responsibilities for reporting non-compliance that comes to the auditor’s attentionduring the conduct of an audit. (5 marks)
4 (a) The purpose of ISA 250 Consideration of Laws and Regulations in an Audit of Financial Statements is to
establish standards and provide guidance on the auditor’s responsibility to consider laws and regulations in an
audit of financial statements.
Explain the auditor’s responsibilities for reporting non-compliance that comes to the auditor’s attention
during the conduct of an audit. (5 marks)
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4 The transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) involves major change for companies as IFRSsintroduce significant changes in accounting practices that were often not required by national generally acceptedaccounting practice. It is important that the interpretation and application of IFRSs is consistent from country tocountry. IFRSs are partly based on rules, and partly on principles and management’s judgement. Judgement is morelikely to be better used when it is based on experience of IFRSs within a sound financial reporting infrastructure. It ishoped that national differences in accounting will be eliminated and financial statements will be consistent andcomparable worldwide.Required:(a) Discuss how the changes in accounting practices on transition to IFRSs and choice in the application ofindividual IFRSs could lead to inconsistency between the financial statements of companies. (17 marks)
12 Which of the following statements are correct?(1) Contingent assets are included as assets in financial statements if it is probable that they will arise.(2) Contingent liabilities must be provided for in financial statements if it is probable that they will arise.(3) Details of all adjusting events after the balance sheet date must be given in notes to the financial statements.(4) Material non-adjusting events are disclosed by note in the financial statements.A 1 and 2B 2 and 4C 3 and 4D 1 and 3
(c) During the year Albreda paid $0·1 million (2004 – $0·3 million) in fines and penalties relating to breaches ofhealth and safety regulations. These amounts have not been separately disclosed but included in cost of sales.(5 marks)Required:For each of the above issues:(i) comment on the matters that you should consider; and(ii) state the audit evidence that you should expect to find,in undertaking your review of the audit working papers and financial statements of Albreda Co for the year ended30 September 2005.NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the three issues.
(b) You are an audit manager with specific responsibility for reviewing other information in documents containingaudited financial statements before your firm’s auditor’s report is signed. The financial statements of Hegas, aprivately-owned civil engineering company, show total assets of $120 million, revenue of $261 million, and profitbefore tax of $9·2 million for the year ended 31 March 2005. Your review of the Annual Report has revealedthe following:(i) The statement of changes in equity includes $4·5 million under a separate heading of ‘miscellaneous item’which is described as ‘other difference not recognized in income’. There is no further reference to thisamount or ‘other difference’ elsewhere in the financial statements. However, the Management Report, whichis required by statute, is not audited. It discloses that ‘changes in shareholders’ equity not recognized inincome includes $4·5 million arising on the revaluation of investment properties’.The notes to the financial statements state that the company has implemented IAS 40 ‘Investment Property’for the first time in the year to 31 March 2005 and also that ‘the adoption of this standard did not have asignificant impact on Hegas’s financial position or its results of operations during 2005’.(ii) The chairman’s statement asserts ‘Hegas has now achieved a position as one of the world’s largestgenerators of hydro-electricity, with a dedicated commitment to accountable ethical professionalism’. Auditworking papers show that 14% of revenue was derived from hydro-electricity (2004: 12%). Publiclyavailable information shows that there are seven international suppliers of hydro-electricity in Africa alone,which are all at least three times the size of Hegas in terms of both annual turnover and population supplied.Required:Identify and comment on the implications of the above matters for the auditor’s report on the financialstatements of Hegas for the year ended 31 March 2005. (10 marks)
(c) In April 2006, Keffler was banned by the local government from emptying waste water into a river because thewater did not meet minimum standards of cleanliness. Keffler has made a provision of $0·9 million for thetechnological upgrading of its water purifying process and included $45,000 for the penalties imposed in ‘otherprovisions’. (5 marks)Required:For each of the above issues:(i) comment on the matters that you should consider; and(ii) state the audit evidence that you should expect to find,in undertaking your review of the audit working papers and financial statements of Keffler Co for the year ended31 March 2006.NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the three issues.
4 (a) The purpose of ISA 510 ‘Initial Engagements – Opening Balances’ is to establish standards and provide guidanceregarding opening balances when the financial statements are audited for the first time or when the financialstatements for the prior period were audited by another auditor.Required:Explain the auditor’s reporting responsibilities that are specific to initial engagements. (5 marks)
(b) You are the audit manager of Johnston Co, a private company. The draft consolidated financial statements forthe year ended 31 March 2006 show profit before taxation of $10·5 million (2005 – $9·4 million) and totalassets of $55·2 million (2005 – $50·7 million).Your firm was appointed auditor of Tiltman Co when Johnston Co acquired all the shares of Tiltman Co in March2006. Tiltman’s draft financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2006 show profit before taxation of$0·7 million (2005 – $1·7 million) and total assets of $16·1 million (2005 – $16·6 million). The auditor’sreport on the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2005 was unmodified.You are currently reviewing two matters that have been left for your attention on the audit working paper files forthe year ended 31 March 2006:(i) In December 2004 Tiltman installed a new computer system that properly quantified an overvaluation ofinventory amounting to $2·7 million. This is being written off over three years.(ii) In May 2006, Tiltman’s head office was relocated to Johnston’s premises as part of a restructuring.Provisions for the resulting redundancies and non-cancellable lease payments amounting to $2·3 millionhave been made in the financial statements of Tiltman for the year ended 31 March 2006.Required:Identify and comment on the implications of these two matters for your auditor’s reports on the financialstatements of Johnston Co and Tiltman Co for the year ended 31 March 2006. (10 marks)
(b) Seymour offers health-related information services through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Aragon Co. Goodwill of$1·8 million recognised on the purchase of Aragon in October 2004 is not amortised but included at cost in theconsolidated balance sheet. At 30 September 2006 Seymour’s investment in Aragon is shown at cost,$4·5 million, in its separate financial statements.Aragon’s draft financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2006 show a loss before taxation of$0·6 million (2005 – $0·5 million loss) and total assets of $4·9 million (2005 – $5·7 million). The notes toAragon’s financial statements disclose that they have been prepared on a going concern basis that assumes thatSeymour will continue to provide financial support. (7 marks)Required:For each of the above issues:(i) comment on the matters that you should consider; and(ii) state the audit evidence that you should expect to find,in undertaking your review of the audit working papers and financial statements of Seymour Co for the year ended30 September 2006.NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the three issues.
(ii) On 1 July 2006 Petrie introduced a 10-year warranty on all sales of its entire range of stainless steelcookware. Sales of stainless steel cookware for the year ended 31 March 2007 totalled $18·2 million. Thenotes to the financial statements disclose the following:‘Since 1 July 2006, the company’s stainless steel cookware is guaranteed to be free from defects inmaterials and workmanship under normal household use within a 10-year guarantee period. No provisionhas been recognised as the amount of the obligation cannot be measured with sufficient reliability.’(4 marks)Your auditor’s report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2006 was unmodified.Required:Identify and comment on the implications of these two matters for your auditor’s report on the financialstatements of Petrie Co for the year ended 31 March 2007.NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the matters above.
6 Proposed ISA 600 (Revised and Redrafted) The Audit of Group Financial Statements is likely to substantially increasethe formal requirements in the area of group audits.Required:(a) Outline the significant issues that are being addressed in the IAASB’s project on group audits. (5 marks)
5 You are the audit manager for three clients of Bertie Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants. The financialyear end for each client is 30 September 2007.You are reviewing the audit senior’s proposed audit reports for two clients, Alpha Co and Deema Co.Alpha Co, a listed company, permanently closed several factories in May 2007, with all costs of closure finalised andpaid in August 2007. The factories all produced the same item, which contributed 10% of Alpha Co’s total revenuefor the year ended 30 September 2007 (2006 – 23%). The closure has been discussed accurately and fully in thechairman’s statement and Directors’ Report. However, the closure is not mentioned in the notes to the financialstatements, nor separately disclosed on the financial statements.The audit senior has proposed an unmodified audit opinion for Alpha Co as the matter has been fully addressed inthe chairman’s statement and Directors’ Report.In October 2007 a legal claim was filed against Deema Co, a retailer of toys. The claim is from a customer who slippedon a greasy step outside one of the retail outlets. The matter has been fully disclosed as a material contingent liabilityin the notes to the financial statements, and audit working papers provide sufficient evidence that no provision isnecessary as Deema Co’s lawyers have stated in writing that the likelihood of the claim succeeding is only possible.The amount of the claim is fixed and is adequately covered by cash resources.The audit senior proposes that the audit opinion for Deema Co should not be qualified, but that an emphasis of matterparagraph should be included after the audit opinion to highlight the situation.Hugh Co was incorporated in October 2006, using a bank loan for finance. Revenue for the first year of trading is$750,000, and there are hopes of rapid growth in the next few years. The business retails luxury hand made woodentoys, currently in a single retail outlet. The two directors (who also own all of the shares in Hugh Co) are aware thatdue to the small size of the company, the financial statements do not have to be subject to annual external audit, butthey are unsure whether there would be any benefit in a voluntary audit of the first year financial statements. Thedirectors are also aware that a review of the financial statements could be performed as an alternative to a full audit.Hugh Co currently employs a part-time, part-qualified accountant, Monty Parkes, who has prepared a year endbalance sheet and income statement, and who produces summary management accounts every three months.Required:(a) Evaluate whether the audit senior’s proposed audit report is appropriate, and where you disagree with theproposed report, recommend the amendment necessary to the audit report of:(i) Alpha Co; (6 marks)
(c) With specific reference to Hugh Co, discuss the objective of a review engagement and contrast the level ofassurance provided with that provided in an audit of financial statements. (6 marks)
A new internal auditor, Daisy Rosepetal, has recently joined Bluebell Co. She has been asked by management toestablish and to monitor a variety of social and environmental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Daisy has noexperience in this area, and has asked you for some advice. It has been agreed with Bluebell Co’s audit committeethat you are to provide guidance to Daisy to help her in this part of her role, and that this does not impair theobjectivity of the audit.(c) Recommend EIGHT KPIs which could be used to monitor Bluebell Co’s social and environmentalperformance, and outline the nature of evidence that should be available to provide assurance on theaccuracy of the KPIs recommended. Your answer should be in the form. of briefing notes to be used at ameeting with Daisy Rosepetal. (10 marks)Note: requirement (c) includes 2 professional marks.
You are the manager responsible for performing hot reviews on audit files where there is a potential disagreementbetween your firm and the client regarding a material issue. You are reviewing the going concern section of the auditfile of Dexter Co, a client with considerable cash flow difficulties, and other, less significant operational indicators ofgoing concern problems. The working papers indicate that Dexter Co is currently trying to raise finance to fundoperating cash flows, and state that if the finance is not received, there is significant doubt over the going concernstatus of the company. The working papers conclude that the going concern assumption is appropriate, but it isrecommended that the financial statements should contain a note explaining the cash flow problems faced by thecompany, along with a description of the finance being sought, and an evaluation of the going concern status of thecompany. The directors do not wish to include the note in the financial statements.Required:(b) Consider and comment on the possible reasons why the directors of Dexter Co are reluctant to provide thenote to the financial statements. (5 marks)
You are an audit manager responsible for providing hot reviews on selected audit clients within your firm of CharteredCertified Accountants. You are currently reviewing the audit working papers for Pulp Co, a long standing audit client,for the year ended 31 January 2008. The draft statement of financial position (balance sheet) of Pulp Co shows totalassets of $12 million (2007 – $11·5 million).The audit senior has made the following comment in a summary ofissues for your review:‘Pulp Co’s statement of financial position (balance sheet) shows a receivable classified as a current asset with a valueof $25,000. The only audit evidence we have requested and obtained is a management representation stating thefollowing:(1) that the amount is owed to Pulp Co from Jarvis Co,(2) that Jarvis Co is controlled by Pulp Co’s chairman, Peter Sheffield, and(3) that the balance is likely to be received six months after Pulp Co’s year end.The receivable was also outstanding at the last year end when an identical management representation was provided,and our working papers noted that because the balance was immaterial no further work was considered necessary.No disclosure has been made in the financial statements regarding the balance. Jarvis Co is not audited by our firmand we have verified that Pulp Co does not own any shares in Jarvis Co.’Required:(b) In relation to the receivable recognised on the statement of financial position (balance sheet) of Pulp Co asat 31 January 2008:(i) Comment on the matters you should consider. (5 marks)
The underlying purpose of accounting is to provide ______ for decision making about an economic entity.A．commercial informationB．financial informationC．cash positionD．income distribution
听力原文：M: There are several reasons why careful analysis of financial statements is necessary. What are they?W: First, financial statements are general-purpose statements. Secondly, the relationships between amounts on successive financial statements are not obvious without analysis. And thirdly, users of financial statements may be interested in seeing how well a company is performing.Q: What are they talking about?(17)A．The methods of financial statements.B．The necessity of careful analysis of financial statementsC．The relationship among financial statements.D．The purpose of financial statements.
(a) Contrast the role of internal and external auditors. (8 marks)(b) Conoy Co designs and manufactures luxury motor vehicles. The company employs 2,500 staff and consistently makes a net profit of between 10% and 15% of sales. Conoy Co is not listed; its shares are held by 15 individuals, most of them from the same family. The maximum shareholding is 15% of the share capital.The executive directors are drawn mainly from the shareholders. There are no non-executive directors because the company legislation in Conoy Co’s jurisdiction does not require any. The executive directors are very successful in running Conoy Co, partly from their training in production and management techniques, and partly from their ‘hands-on’ approach providing motivation to employees.The board are considering a significant expansion of the company. However, the company’s bankers areconcerned with the standard of financial reporting as the financial director (FD) has recently left Conoy Co. The board are delaying provision of additional financial information until a new FD is appointed.Conoy Co does have an internal audit department, although the chief internal auditor frequently comments that the board of Conoy Co do not understand his reports or provide sufficient support for his department or the internal control systems within Conoy Co. The board of Conoy Co concur with this view. Anders Co, the external auditors have also expressed concern in this area and the fact that the internal audit department focuses work on control systems, not financial reporting. Anders Co are appointed by and report to the board of Conoy Co.The board of Conoy Co are considering a proposal from the chief internal auditor to establish an audit committee.The committee would consist of one executive director, the chief internal auditor as well as three new appointees.One appointee would have a non-executive seat on the board of directors.Required:Discuss the benefits to Conoy Co of forming an audit committee. (12 marks)
One of your audit clients is Tye Co a company providing petrol, aviation fuel and similar oil based products to the government of the country it is based in. Although the company is not listed on any stock exchange, it does follow best practice regarding corporate governance regulations. The audit work for this year is complete, apart from the matter referred to below.As part of Tye Co’s service contract with the government, it is required to hold an emergency inventory reserve of 6,000 barrels of aviation fuel. The inventory is to be used if the supply of aviation fuel is interrupted due to unforeseen events such as natural disaster or terrorist activity.This fuel has in the past been valued at its cost price of $15 a barrel. The current value of aviation fuel is $120 a barrel. Although the audit work is complete, as noted above, the directors of Tye Co have now decided to show the ‘real’ value of this closing inventory in the financial statements by valuing closing inventory of fuel at market value, which does not comply with relevant accounting standards. The draft financial statements of Tye Co currently show a profit of approximately $500,000 with net assets of $170 million.Required:(a) List the audit procedures and actions that you should now take in respect of the above matter. (6 marks)(b) For the purposes of this section assume from part (a) that the directors have agreed to value inventory at$15/barrel.Having investigated the matter in part (a) above, the directors present you with an amended set of financialstatements showing the emergency reserve stated not at 6,000 barrels, but reported as 60,000 barrels. The final financial statements now show a profit following the inclusion of another 54,000 barrels of oil in inventory. When queried about the change from 6,000 to 60,000 barrels of inventory, the finance director stated that this change was made to meet expected amendments to emergency reserve requirements to be published in about six months time. The inventory will be purchased this year, and no liability will be shown in the financial statements for this future purchase. The finance director also pointed out that part of Tye Co’s contract with the government requires Tye Co to disclose an annual profit and that a review of bank loans is due in three months. Finally the finance director stated that if your audit firm qualifies the financial statements in respect of the increase in inventory, they will not be recommended for re-appointment at the annual general meeting. The finance director refuses to amend the financial statements to remove this ‘fictitious’ inventory.Required:(i) State the external auditor’s responsibilities regarding the detection of fraud; (4 marks)(ii) Discuss to which groups the auditors of Tye Co could report the ‘fictitious’ aviation fuel inventory;(6 marks)(iii) Discuss the safeguards that the auditors of Tye Co can use in an attempt to overcome the intimidationthreat from the directors of Tye Co. (4 marks)
You are an audit manager at Rockwell Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants. You are responsible for the audit of the Hopper Group, a listed audit client which supplies ingredients to the food and beverage industry worldwide.The audit work for the year ended 30 June 2015 is nearly complete, and you are reviewing the draft audit report which has been prepared by the audit senior. During the year the Hopper Group purchased a new subsidiary company, Seurat Sweeteners Co, which has expertise in the research and design of sugar alternatives. The draft financial statements of the Hopper Group for the year ended 30 June 2015 recognise profit before tax of $495 million (2014 – $462 million) and total assets of $4,617 million (2014: $4,751 million). An extract from the draft audit report is shown below:Basis of modified opinion (extract)In their calculation of goodwill on the acquisition of the new subsidiary, the directors have failed to recognise consideration which is contingent upon meeting certain development targets. The directors believe that it is unlikely that these targets will be met by the subsidiary company and, therefore, have not recorded the contingent consideration in the cost of the acquisition. They have disclosed this contingent liability fully in the notes to the financial statements. We do not feel that the directors’ treatment of the contingent consideration is correct and, therefore, do not believe that the criteria of the relevant standard have been met. If this is the case, it would be appropriate to adjust the goodwill balance in the statement of financial position.We believe that any required adjustment may materially affect the goodwill balance in the statement of financial position. Therefore, in our opinion, the financial statements do not give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Hopper Group and of the Hopper Group’s financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.Emphasis of Matter ParagraphWe draw attention to the note to the financial statements which describes the uncertainty relating to the contingent consideration described above. The note provides further information necessary to understand the potential implications of the contingency.Required:(a) Critically appraise the draft audit report of the Hopper Group for the year ended 30 June 2015, prepared by the audit senior.Note: You are NOT required to re-draft the extracts from the audit report. (10 marks)(b) The audit of the new subsidiary, Seurat Sweeteners Co, was performed by a different firm of auditors, Fish Associates. During your review of the communication from Fish Associates, you note that they were unable to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence with regard to the breakdown of research expenses. The total of research costs expensed by Seurat Sweeteners Co during the year was $1·2 million. Fish Associates has issued a qualified audit opinion on the financial statements of Seurat Sweeteners Co due to this inability to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence.Required:Comment on the actions which Rockwell Co should take as the auditor of the Hopper Group, and the implications for the auditor’s report on the Hopper Group financial statements. (6 marks)(c) Discuss the quality control procedures which should be carried out by Rockwell Co prior to the audit report on the Hopper Group being issued. (4 marks)
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