问答题

问答题

问答题

问答题

问答题

问答题

案例分析题5、You are a manager at Thyme Co

案例分析题It is 1 July 20X5

案例分析题You are an audit manager in Davies Co, responsible for the audit of Connolly Co, a listed company operating in the pharmaceutical industry

案例分析题5、(a) ISA 701 Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditors Report states The purpose of communicating key audit matters is to enhance the communicative value of the auditors report by providing greater transparency about the audit that was performed. Required： Discuss this statement in relation to the benefits and difficulties of communicating key audit matters to users of the auditors report and the contribution of ISA 701 in addressing the audit expectation gap. (8 marks) (b) You are the manager responsible for the audit of the Blackmore Group (the Group), a listed manufacturer of high quality musical instruments, for the year ended 31 March 2018. The draft financial statements of the Group recognise a loss before tax of $22 million (2017 loss of $15 million) and total assets of $141 million (2017 $183 million). The audit is nearing completion and the audit senior has drafted the auditors report which contains the following extract: Required: Critically appraise the extract from the auditors report on the consolidated financial statements of the Blackmore Group for the year ended 31 March 2018. Note: You are NOT required to re-draft the extract from the auditors report. (12 marks)

案例分析题(a) You are an audit manager in Jansen Co which offers a range of audit and other assurance services to its clients. One of your audit clients is Narley Co which operates a commercial haulage company. Narley Co has been an audit client for the last five years and is currently planning a significant expansion of its operations into a new geographical area and jurisdiction. In order to finance the planned expansion, Narley Co needs funds to purchase additional heavy goods vehicles, expand its warehousing facilities and recruit more drivers. The company is also planning a major advertising and marketing campaign targeted at potential customers in the new jurisdiction. Narley Cos finance director, Suzanne Seddon, has approached you to ask if your firm will provide a report on the prospective financial information which has been prepared in support of a loan application. The application is for a new long term loan of $22 million from the companys current lender which it intends to use exclusively to finance the planned expansion. The company currently has an existing long term loan of $31 million from the same bank which is redeemable in five years time. Suzanne Seddon has provided you with the following extract from the prospective financial information which will form part of the companys loan application: Forecast statements of profit or loss Notes: 1. Revenue represents the amounts derived from the provision of haulage services to commercial customers operating principally in the retail sector. Narley Cos board of directors believes that trade in both its existing and new markets will experience significant growth over the next two years. 2. Cost of sales comprises the costs of warehousing and distribution including relevant staff costs, maintenance and repair of vehicles and depreciation of property, equipment and vehicles. 3. Administrative expenses are mainly the costs of running Narley Cos central head office facility. 4. Finance costs represent the cost of servicing long term finance from Narley Cos bankers. Required: (i) Explain the matters which should be considered by Jansen Co before accepting the engagement to review and report on Narley Cos prospective financial information. (ii) Assuming Jansen Co accepts the engagement, recommend the examination procedures to be performed in respect of Narley Cos forecast statements of profit or loss. (b) One of your colleagues at Jansen Co, Rodney Evans, has been taken ill at short notice and you have been temporarily assigned as audit manager on Watson Co, an IT consultancy company which is listed on a second tier investment market. The final audit of Watson Co for the year ended 30 June 20X8 is approaching completion and you are in the process of reviewing the audit working papers. The draft financial statements for the year recognise profit before taxation for the year of $542 million and total assets of $231 million. The audit supervisor, who is a part qualified chartered certified accountant, has sent you an email from which the following extract is taken: Its great to have you on board as I was beginning to worry that there would be no manager review of our working papers prior to the final audit clearance meeting next week. The audit assistant and myself have done our best to complete all of the audit work but we only saw Rodney on the first day of the audit about a month ago when I think he was already feeling unwell. We had a short briefing meeting with him at which he told us if in doubt, follow last years working papers. One issue which I wanted to check with you is that Watson Co has introduced a cash-settled share-based payment scheme by granting its directors share appreciation rights (SARs) for the first time this year. This was not identified at planning as a high risk area. The SARs were granted on 1 July 20X7 at which date the client obtained a valuation of the rights which was performed by an external firm of valuers. I have filed a copy of the valuation report and I have looked up the valuers online and have found a very professional looking website which confirms that they know what they are doing. The cost of the SARs scheme based on this valuation is being appropriately recognised over the three-year vesting period and a straight line expense of $195,000 has been recognised in the statement of profit or loss on this basis. A corresponding equity reserve has also been correctly recognised on the statement of financial position. The amount also seems immaterial and I cant see any need to propose any amendments to the financial statements in relation to either the amounts recognised or the disclosures made in the notes to the financial statements. Required: Comment on the quality of the planning and performance of the audit of Watson Co discussing the quality control and other professional issues raised.

案例分析题(a) You are an audit manager in Weston Co which is an international firm of Chartered Certified Accountants with branches in many countries and which offers a range of audit and assurance services to its clients

案例分析题5、You are the manager responsible for the audit of Boston Co, a producer of chocolate and confectionery. The audit of the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 is nearly complete and you are reviewing the audit working papers. The financial statements recognise revenue of $76 million, profit before tax for the year of $64 million and total assets of $104 million. The summary of uncorrected misstatements included in Boston Cos audit working papers, including notes, is shown below. The audit engagement partner is holding a meeting with the management team of Boston Co next week, at which the uncorrected misstatements will be discussed. (i) During the year Boston Co impaired one of its factories. The carrying value of the assets attributable to the factory as a single, cash-generating unit totalled $36 million at the year end. The fair value less costs of disposal and the value in use were estimated to be $3 million and $35 million respectively and accordingly the asset was written down by $100,000 to reflect the impairment. Audit procedures revealed that management used growth rates attributable to the company as a whole to estimate value in use. Using growth rates attributable to the factory specifically, the audit team estimated the value in use to be $31 million. (ii) Interest charges of $75,000 relating to a loan taken out during the year to finance the construction of a new manufacturing plant were included in finance charges recognised in profit for the year. The manufacturing plant is due for completion in November 2016. (iii) One of Boston Cos largest customers, Cleveland Co, is experiencing financial difficulties. At the year end Cleveland Co owed Boston Co $100,000, against which Boston Co made a 5% specific allowance. Shortly after the year end Cleveland Co paid $30,000 of the outstanding amount due but has since experienced further problems, leading to their primary lender presenting a formal request that Cleveland Co be liquidated. If successful, only secured creditors are likely to receive any reimbursement. (iv) During the year Boston Co purchased 150,000 shares in Nebraska Co for $400 per share. Boston Co classified the investment as a financial asset held at fair value through profit or loss. On 31 December 2015, the shares of Nebraska Co were trading for $429. At the year end the carrying value of the investment in Boston Cos financial statements was $600,000. Required:

案例分析题4、You are an audit manager at Thornhill Co responsible for the audit of Northwest Co, a subsidiary of Valerian Co

案例分析题2、You are a senior manager in Macau Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants

案例分析题The audit of Bradley Cos financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2014 is nearly complete, and the audit report is due to be issued next week

案例分析题4、You are a senior manager at Cobra Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants

案例分析题2、You are a manager in the audit department of Pigeon Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants. You are responsible for the audit of Goldfinch Gas Co, a company which is the main supplier of gas to business and residential customers across the country. The audit fieldwork for the year ended 30 June 2017 is nearing completion. The draft financial statements recognise profit before tax of $130 million (2016 $110 million), and total assets of $1,900 million (2016 $1,878 million). You are reviewing the audit files and the following matters have been noted for your attention by the audit senior: (a) Decommissioning provision A provision of $430 million (2016 $488 million) is recognised as a long-term liability. The provision is in respect of decommissioning a number of gas production and storage facilities when they are at the end of their useful lives. The estimate of the decommissioning costs has been based on price levels and technology at the reporting date, and discounted to present value using an interest rate of 8% (2016 6%). The timing of decommissioning payments is dependent on the estimated useful lives of the facilities but is expected to occur by 2046, with the majority of the provision being utilised between 2025 and 2040. The accounting policy note discusses the methodology used by management for determining the value of the decommissioning provision and states that this is an area of critical accounting judgements including key areas of estimation uncertainty. The estimate has been made by management. In previous years, a management expert was engaged to provide the estimate but as this was expensive, management decided to produce their own estimate for the year ended 30 June 2017. (10 marks) (b) Depreciation The draft statement of financial position includes plant and equipment, unrelated to gas production and storage facilities, with a carrying value of $65 million. There was a change in the estimation technique used to determine the depreciation in respect of these assets during the year. Depreciation was previously calculated on a straight line basis over a 10-year useful life, but from 1 July 2016, the useful life has been amended to 15 years. The finance director explained to the audit team that the review of estimated useful life has been made on the basis that the assets are lasting longer than originally anticipated. The change in depreciation policy has been accounted for as a prior year adjustment, resulting in an increase of $20 million to property, plant and equipment and to retained earnings. The depreciation expense recognised in draft profit for the year to 30 June 2017 is $12 million (2016 $15 million). (8 marks) (c) Trade receivables The draft statement of financial position recognises total trade receivables of $450 million (2016 $390 million). The audit team has performed substantive analytical procedures on trade receivables with the following results: Receivables from business customers are generally reviewed for impairment on an individual basis when a customer changes their gas supplier, discontinuing their relationship with the Group. Receivables from residential customers are reviewed for impairment where they are more than 90 days late in paying their bill, or where customers have a history of late payment. Since a new customer billing system was introduced in September 2016, management has exercised additional judgement regarding the appropriate level of allowance for these trade receivables. (7 marks) Required: Comment on the matters to be considered, and explain the audit evidence you should expect to find during your file review in respect of each of the issues described above. You are NOT required to explain the potential impact of the matters on the auditors opinion or report. Note: The split of the mark allocation is shown against each of the issues above.