Series: JULY 2023

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SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q6b – Conflicts of Interest and Ethical Conflict Resolution

Explain the ICSA guidance on decisions that the board should reserve for itself and not delegate to individual or executive managers.

Question

The Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development is concerned that her recent presentation about matrix management structure and performance management should be sent to the board for approval. Prof. Ernest Kofi Mensah vehemently disagrees. He referred her to the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) guidance.

Required:
Identify and explain FOUR (4) of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) guidance on decision-making responsibilities that the board should reserve to itself and should not be delegated to individual or executive managers to confirm and comment on the view that the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development’s matrix structure presented is not one of the issues which require board approval before implementation.

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Conflicts of Interest and Ethical Conflict Resolution
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q6a – Professional Practice and Codes of Ethics

Explain five reasons why the Director of Finance and Operations might project finance over other functions.

Question

Some of the SavvyTech plc management team is concerned that the Director of Finance and Operations is domineering during the acquisition engagement processes at meetings. The Director of Finance and Operations mentioned in anger that ‘arguably, accountancy has an influence on business and government and that is both:
i) continuous and
ii) more extensive than any other profession’.

Required:
As a newly qualified Chartered Accountant responsible for code of ethics in SavvyTech plc, identify and explain FIVE (5) reasons in support of why the Director of Finance and Operations seems to be projecting finance over other functions.

Answer

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Tags: Decision Making, Ethics, Finance Leadership, Influence
Level: Level 3

Topic: Professional practice and codes of ethics
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q5b – Sources of Finance

Explain two benefits of increasing long-term capital using retained profits.

Question

When companies retain profits in the business, the increase in the retained profits adds to equity reserves. This view was suggested by SavvyTech plc management team to the board. The Board is not convinced and seek further explanation.

Required:
Explain TWO (2) benefits to the board of directors on what it means to increase long-term capital using retained profits in SavvyTech plc.

Answer

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Tags: Equity, Financial strategy, Long-term Capital, Retained Profits
Level: Level 3

Topic: Sources of Finance
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q5a – International financial management

Calculate the group profits from the sale of HVSC based on the transfer price set at market price and 25% of Utopia's unit cost.

Question

As the Head of Finance of SavvyTech plc, the Director of Finance and Operations has assigned you to use the forecast data (Table 8) and the “additional information” provided to calculate the following to support engagement by the management team with the Board.

Required:
Calculate the group profits to be realised from the sale of HVSC, if the transfer price for the component is set at its market price, which is GH¢26 per unit (total Ghana cost) plus 25% of Utopia’s unit cost.

Answer

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Tags: Financial Calculations, Group Profit, Taxation, Transfer Pricing
Level: Level 3

Topic: International financial management
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q4 – Controlling Risk

Prepare an internal memo on how SavvyTech's board can show commitment to risk management and create a risk-aware culture.

Question

Essential aspects of risk management and control are the culture within the organisation. The culture within the organisation is set by the board of directors and senior management (the tone at the top), but it should be shared by every manager and employee.

Required:
You are the ‘Risk and Assurance Manager’ of SavvyTech plc with the responsibility of creating a culture of risk awareness in the organisation. Prepare an internal memo for the management team to be discussed with the board of directors on what they must do to show their own commitment to risk management in the things that they say and do.

Answer

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Tags: Organizational Culture, Risk Management, Tone at the Top
Level: Level 3

Topic: Controlling Risk
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q3b – Strategy Implementation

Identify and explain four reasons why SavvyTech needs to research, innovate, and develop existing and new products.

Question

Business entities must innovate to survive and grow. The Director of Marketing and Sales, in a meeting, presented a product market annual performance analysis report and highlighted that the sales trend of the ‘Wrist Organiser 3b’, introduced in 2018, reduced by 75% in 2022 and by 50% in 2021.

Required:
As a member of SavvyTech plc management team, identify and explain FOUR (4) reasons why it is necessary to research, innovate and develop existing and new products as an organisation.

Answer

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Tags: Business Growth, Product Innovation, Research and Development
Level: Level 3

Topic: Strategy implementation
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q3a – Strategy Implementation

Identify and explain five internal triggers of change at SavvyTech plc with examples from the case study.

Question

Change happens continually within organisations, and the markets within which SavvyTech plc operate are not an exception. Strategic development inevitably results in some changes, which need careful management. Some of SavvyTech plc’s internal triggers of change are motivated or caused by developments within the organisation.

Required:
Review SavvyTech plc case study, identify, and explain FIVE (5) internal triggers of change with specific examples from the case.

Answer

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Strategy implementation
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q2b – Strategy Implementation

Explain three broad corporate parenting styles described by Goold and Campbell that SavvyTech might adopt.

Question

SavvyTech plc’s management team is debating the corporate parenting strategy that should be adopted. Corporate parenting refers to the relationship between the Head Office and the strategic business unit staff in Utopia.

Required:
As a lead consultant, explain to SavvyTech plc management team THREE (3) broad parenting styles that might be adopted as described by Goold and Campbell (1991).

Answer

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Strategy implementation
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q2a – Strategy, Stakeholders, and Mission

Explain the stakeholder position/importance matrix and provide guidance to SavvyTech on managing key stakeholders.

Question

The management team of SavvyTech plc is concerned about how the staff union group with 60% shareholding might react if the 2022 dividend payout is withheld to finance the subsidiary acquisition in Utopia, particularly the production staff with 80% shareholding of the total staff union’s interest of 60%. There are a number of stakeholder mappings. Two most popular are the ‘stakeholders position/importance matrix’ and ‘stakeholders power/interest matrix’.

Required:
You have been contracted as an independent consultant by SavvyTech plc to review the stakeholder mapping using the ‘stakeholders position/importance matrix’. Draw the diagram, illustrate, and explain using a brief internal memo to guide the management team’s engagement with the stakeholders as presented in the case study.

Answer

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Strategy, stakeholders, and mission
Series: JULY 2023

SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q1b – Controlling Risk

Explain why FCA might be difficult to use for the HVSC discussion at SavvyTech.

Question

After the presentation of the SAM four-step approach to the management team, the Director of Finance and Operations made the following statement: ‘The data required for FCA is usually only available in organisations that are at the forefront in responding to the environmental agenda’ (Bebbington, Gray, Hibbitt, and Kirt, 2001).

Required:
Explain to the management team why it might be difficult to use FCA to support the ongoing discussion about the new product HVSC.

Answer

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Tags: Environmental Data, Full-Cost Accounting, Product lifecycle, Risk Management
Level: Level 3

Topic: Controlling Risk
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q5c – Completion Procedures and Reporting

Identification of circumstances leading to modified audit opinions and types of opinions issued in each case.

Question

c) According to ISA 705: Modification of the auditor’s report, the auditor’s opinion on financial statements other than unmodified opinion depends on his/her judgement on two major circumstances.

Required:
i) State the TWO (2) circumstances that may result in an audit opinion being modified. (2 marks)
ii) Discuss the types of opinion that may be issued under each of the two circumstances. (8 marks)

Answer

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Completion Procedures and Reporting
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q5b – Audit and Assurance Evidence, Professional and Ethical Considerations

Explanation of five benefits of documenting audit work.

Question

b) ISA 230: Audit Documentation deals with the auditor’s responsibility to prepare audit documentation for an audit of financial statements.

Required:
State FIVE (5) benefits of documenting audit work. (5 marks)

Answer

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Audit and Assurance Evidence, Professional and Ethical Considerations
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q5a – Professional and Ethical Considerations

Explanation of the five fundamental principles of the ICAG Code of Ethics.

Question

a) As a member of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) subscribes to the code of ethics prescribed by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA).

Required:
Explain each of the FIVE (5) fundamental principles of the Code of Ethics of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG). (5 marks)

Answer

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Professional and Ethical Considerations
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q4b – Internal Audit and Its Relationship with External Audit, Public Sector Auditing

Short notes on value for money audit and best value audit in public sector auditing.

Question

b) Modern approach to Internal Auditing has broadened the scope of the function of the Internal Audit. The focus has shifted from pure financial audit to cover other important areas of operation. These include performance audit, Value for Money audit, and performance information audit.

Required:
Write short notes on the following:
i) Value for money audit. (5 marks)
ii) Best value audit. (5 marks)

Answer

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Internal Audit and Its Relationship with External Audit, Public Sector Auditing
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q4a – Completion Procedures and Reporting, Planning and Approach for Audit and Assurance Engagements

Explanation of going concern indicators for Kitchenhub Ltd and the stages when analytical procedures can be used.

Question

a) You are an Audit Assistant of Abinchi & Associate and your firm is planning the audit of a client. You have been provided with draft financial statements extracts and the following information is about your client, Kitchenhub Ltd, who is a kitchen equipment manufacturer. The company’s year-end is 30 April 2022.

Kitchenhub Ltd has recently been experiencing trading difficulties, as its major customer who owes GH¢0.6 million to Kitchenhub Ltd has ceased trading, and it is unlikely any of this will be received. However, the balance is included in the financial statements extracts below. The sales director has recently left Kitchenhub Ltd and is yet to be replaced.

The monthly cash flow has shown a net cash outflow for the last two months of the financial year and is forecast as negative for the forthcoming financial year. As a result of this, the company is unable to settle suppliers whose payments are due, and some are threatening legal action to recover the sums owing.

Due to its financial difficulties, Kitchenhub Ltd defaulted on a loan repayment, and as a result of this breach in the loan contract, the bank has asked that the loan of GH¢4.8 million be repaid in full within six months. In view of this, the directors have decided not to pay dividends for the period.

Below is the Financial Statement extract for Kitchenhub Ltd for the year ended 30 April:

	Draft 2022 (GH¢)	Actual 2021 (GH¢)
Current assets
Inventory	3.4	1.6
Receivables	1.4	2.2
Cash	–	1.2
Current liabilities
Trade payables	1.9	0.9
Overdraft	0.8	–
Loans	4.8	0.2

Required:
i) Explain SEVEN (7) factors that indicate that Kitchenhub Ltd may not be operating as a going concern entity. (7 marks)
ii) Identify THREE (3) stages of an audit when analytical procedures can be used by Abinchi & Associate. (3 marks)

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Completion Procedures and Reporting, Planning and Approach for Audit and Assurance Engagements
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q3b – Audit and Assurance Risk Environment, Professional and Ethical Considerations

Factors external auditors should consider when engaging an actuary for evaluating an insurance company's reserves and premium rates.

Question

b) Fritz Insurance is a large insurance company that provides a wide range of insurance products to individuals and businesses. As part of their annual audit, the external auditor has engaged the services of an Actuary to assist with the evaluation of the company’s reserves and the adequacy of its premium rates.

Required:
Explain FIVE (5) factors to be considered by External Auditors in engaging the services of an Actuary to assist with the evaluation of the company’s reserves and the adequacy of its premium rates. (10 marks)

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Audit and Assurance Risk Environment, Professional and Ethical Considerations
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q3a – Audit and Assurance Risk Environment, Audit and Assurance Evidence

Procedures external auditors perform to evaluate the effectiveness of data security controls.

Question

a) Abbey Ltd is a medium-sized manufacturing company that produces various products for consumers. The company has a large amount of confidential data, including financial records, trade secrets, and personal information of employees and customers. The company has recently become concerned about cyber security risks and has hired an external auditor to conduct an audit of their data security controls.

Required:
Explain FIVE (5) procedures the External Auditor would need to perform to obtain evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of Abbey Ltd’s data security controls.

(10 marks)

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Audit and Assurance Evidence, Audit and Assurance Risk Environment
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q2c – Audit Failure and Expectation Gap, Regulatory Framework and Audit Responsibilities

Identification of inherent limitations of audit and misconceptions regarding the role of an auditor.

Question

c) Reasonable assurance is the highest level of assurance auditors may provide. However, due to the limitations of auditing, it is impossible to guarantee ‘absolute’ assurance. Some users of financial statements, however, have the misconception that an audit provides absolute assurance and that the audit opinion guarantees that the financial statements are ‘accurate.’ The ‘Expectations Gap’ refers to these and other misunderstandings regarding the work of an auditor.

Required:
i) State FOUR (4) inherent limitations of an audit that makes it impossible to provide ‘absolute’ assurance.

(6 marks)
ii) State THREE (3) misconceptions about the role an auditor plays. (4 marks)

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Audit Failure and Expectation Gap, Regulatory Framework and Audit Responsibilities
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q2b – Professional and Ethical Considerations

Safeguards to be applied by an auditor in various relationships with clients.

Question

b) What are the safeguards to be applied by an auditor in relation to the following?
i) Financial interest in the client.
ii) Loans and Guarantees to or from the client.
iii) Business relationship with the client.
iv) Family and personal relationship with the client.
v) Employment with an Assurance Client. (5 marks)

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Professional and Ethical Considerations
Series: JULY 2023

AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q2a – Regulatory Framework and Audit Responsibilities

Procedures for appointing a new auditor after a conflict of interest at AWS Bank Plc.

Question

a) AWS Bank Plc has one of their non-executive directors as a partner with their external auditors. This was known after a due diligence was conducted by Bank of Ghana (BoG) and later reported to the directors of AWS Bank Plc. BoG has advised the directors of the bank to take the necessary action within a month.

Required:
What procedures should the Directors of AWS Bank Plc take in appointing the new Auditor? (5 marks)

Answer

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Level: Level 2

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SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q2a – Strategy, Stakeholders, and Mission

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SCS – July 2023 – L3 – Q1b – Controlling Risk

Explain why FCA might be difficult to use for the HVSC discussion at SavvyTech.

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AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q5c – Completion Procedures and Reporting

Identification of circumstances leading to modified audit opinions and types of opinions issued in each case.

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AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q5b – Audit and Assurance Evidence, Professional and Ethical Considerations

Explanation of five benefits of documenting audit work.

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AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q5a – Professional and Ethical Considerations

Explanation of the five fundamental principles of the ICAG Code of Ethics.

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AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q4b – Internal Audit and Its Relationship with External Audit, Public Sector Auditing

Short notes on value for money audit and best value audit in public sector auditing.

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AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q4a – Completion Procedures and Reporting, Planning and Approach for Audit and Assurance Engagements

Explanation of going concern indicators for Kitchenhub Ltd and the stages when analytical procedures can be used.

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AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q3b – Audit and Assurance Risk Environment, Professional and Ethical Considerations

Factors external auditors should consider when engaging an actuary for evaluating an insurance company's reserves and premium rates.

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Procedures external auditors perform to evaluate the effectiveness of data security controls.

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AA – July 2023 – L2 – Q2c – Audit Failure and Expectation Gap, Regulatory Framework and Audit Responsibilities

Identification of inherent limitations of audit and misconceptions regarding the role of an auditor.

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Safeguards to be applied by an auditor in various relationships with clients.

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Procedures for appointing a new auditor after a conflict of interest at AWS Bank Plc.

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