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AAA – Nov 2024 – L3 – Q1b – Group Audit Risks and Consolidation Issues

Audit risks and procedures for a multinational group audit engagement.

You are a Senior Auditor at Dromo Audit Firm, assigned to audit a new client, Afroherb Pharma LTD, a multinational pharmaceutical company. During the initial stages of engagement planning, you discovered that Afroherb Pharma LTD operates in multiple jurisdictions, including Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia. The parent company is in Ghana, and the companies in the other jurisdictions are all subsidiaries. All these jurisdictions have significant regulatory requirements and operational difficulties. The company has recently expanded its product line to include vaccine production following the introduction of The Vaccine Centre in Ghana. The production of vaccines is also subject to stringent regulatory reviews.

Required:
i) State FOUR audit procedures you could perform in relation to the consolidation of the financial statements of Afroherb Group. 
ii) Identify TWO specific risks associated with auditing Afroherb Pharma LTD, particularly in relation to its expansion into vaccine products. How should these risks be managed?
iii) State TWO problems associated with the planning of group audits

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AAA – July 2023 – L3 – Q2 – Assurance services | The audit approach | Planning

Discuss matters to consider before accepting a review engagement and recommend procedures for examining a cash flow forecast.

Eebuks Ltd is a retailer of academic textbooks that sells through its own network of bookshops and online through its website. The revenue from the website includes both cash sales and sales on credit to educational institutions. The company has provided historical analysis from its trade receivables ledger indicating that for sales made on credit, 25% payment is received in the month of sale, 70% after 30 days, and the remainder are irrecoverable debts.

You are a Manager in Makafui & Associates, a firm of Chartered Accountants offering a range of services from audit to non-audit for its clients. On 1 July 2023, your firm was asked by Eebuks Ltd, a company that is not an audit client of your firm, to consider a potential engagement to review and provide an assurance report on Prospective Financial Information. Makafui & Associates has already conducted specific client identification procedures in line with money laundering regulations with satisfactory results.

Additionally, Eebuks Ltd has approached your firm to obtain an independent assurance opinion on its cash flow forecast, which is being prepared for its bankers in support of an application for an increase in its existing overdraft facility.

Required:

a) In line with ISAE 3400: The Examination of Prospective Financial Information, discuss FIVE (5) matters to be considered by Makafui & Associates before accepting the engagement to review and report on Eebuks Ltd’s Prospective Financial Information. (10 marks)

b) Assuming Makafui & Associates accepts the engagement, recommend EIGHT (8) procedures to be performed in respect of Eebuks Ltd’s cash flow forecast. (10 marks)

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AAA – July 2023 – L3 – Q1a – The audit approach | Audit-related services Planning |

Discuss five factors to consider before developing an audit proposal for a multinational company facing financial challenges.

Your firm has been approached to tender for an audit assignment by STK Ghana Ltd. The company is a multinational with its headquarters in Europe. STK Ghana Ltd is a manufacturing company that has operated in Ghana since 2010 and has made steady profits over the years. However, over the past few years, the company’s profits have been dwindling, and the group director in charge of Anglophone West Africa subsidiaries has charged the company to reduce its costs.

In a meeting with the country manager, you ascertained the following information:

  • Several creditors are pursuing the company for payment of their outstanding debt, including the previous auditor who is being owed for the past three years of audit work. The company has negotiated a payment plan for all its creditors.
  • Staff wages have been frozen, staff morale is very low, and several have left.
  • The company’s liquidity challenges commenced when the license of Glow Savings and Loans was revoked as part of the banking sector crisis with STK Ghana Ltd funds exceeding GH¢1 million locked up in short and long-term investments.

In the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the audit engagement, you are required to provide timelines for the overall audit and a financial proposal that is competitive. Upon receiving the TOR, a debate ensued among the partners on the relevance of submitting a proposal in response to the TOR.

Required:
Discuss FIVE (5) factors to be considered prior to developing a proposal for submission. (10 marks)

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AAA – May 2017 – L3 – Q1 – Planning | Audit evidence | Evaluation and review

Assess the audit implications of subsequent events involving bad debt and legal actions, describe subsequent events review, and recommend audit procedures for identifying material subsequent events.

You are the audit manager in charge of the audit of Serwah Ghanaba Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2014. The partner in charge of the audit instructs you to carry out a review of the company’s activities during the financial year end. The following issues came up during the review.

i) On 28 February 2015, Jessica Mensah, who owed the company GH¢500,000.00, was killed by some robbers on her way to Accra after a visit to her hometown. The amount was part of the GH¢800,000.00 debtors appearing on the statement of financial position for the year end 31 December 2014. It was realized that it will not be possible to recover the amount from the family of Jessica Mensah.

ii) In another development, the marketing director of the Company, Stephen Odoi, who was due to retire on 31 March 2015, embarked on a 6-month leave prior to retirement with effect from 1 October 2014. Investigation instituted in May 2015 revealed that Mr. Stephen Odoi took a contract appointment with another company from 1 November 2014. As a result of the investigation, the company decided to bring an action against Mr. Stephen Odoi to recover the salary paid to him from 1 November 2014 to 31 March 2015.

Required:

a) Assess the audit implications of issues (i) and (ii) above. (10 marks)

b) Describe the nature and purpose of subsequent events review. (5 marks)

c) Recommend the audit procedures which would be carried out in order to identify any material subsequent events. (5 marks)

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AAA – May 2016 – L3 – Q4b – Audit-related services | Planning

Suggest procedures for reviewing interim financial information for a company.

Dabiasem Insurance Company Ltd. prepares its annual financial statements to 31st December each year. Due to the magnitude of the transactions, interim financial statements for each half year are prepared at the end of June every year. This is done to facilitate the early completion and audit of the annual financial statements. Nhwehwem & Associates are the independent financial statement auditors of Dabiasem Insurance Co. Ltd. This year’s interim financial information has been prepared and is ready for review.

You are the audit senior of the auditing firm and the head of the audit team to carry out the review of the interim financial information.

Required:
Suggest the procedures you would use to carry out the review of the interim financial information.

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AAA – May 2016 – L3 – Q3b – Audit evidence | Planning

Outline procedures for reviewing the opening balances in draft financial statements.

Demonstrate how you will review the opening balances in the draft financial statements. (10 marks)

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AAA – May 2016 – L3 – Q3a – Planning | Audit evidence

Use analytical procedures to assess the financial statement extracts and their impact on the audit of accounts receivable.

Your audit and assurance firm has just accepted a financial statement audit engagement from Lunch Special Ltd., a restaurant that prepares lunch for the general public and on special orders. The company operates at a number of sales points in the city.

The company uses a computerised system that has networked all the Sales Points to its Head Office. Your firm is planning the new audit and has received the draft financial statements for the year. As the audit senior to lead the engagement team, you are examining the financial statements, an extract of which is shown below:

Required:
i) Using analytical procedures at the planning stage, state your observations drawn from the extracts from the draft financial statements and how they may impact your audit of the Accounts Receivables. (10 marks)

 

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AAA – May 2016 – L3 – Q1a – The regulatory environment | The audit approach | Planning

Discuss types of information indicating non-compliance and evaluate the impact on financial statements per ISA 250.

a) Everclean Water Limited processes and packages portable water for local consumption. The factory is situated in a valley in a first-class residential area of the city. A major road used by most residents runs in front of the factory. Often this road is flooded with spill-over of water from the factory thus hindering vehicular and pedestrian movement. Management of the company on such occasions uses the services of a contractor to pump out the water from the road. This situation contravenes the provisions of the Factories, Offices and Shops Act 1970, Act 328. Everclean Water Limited has engaged Nadab and Associates as the auditors. In their preliminary tour of the factory the senior partners became aware of the flooding situation in the area. Back in the office the senior partners consulted ISA 250 “Consideration of laws and regulations in an audit of financial statements” for guidance on the auditor’s responsibility to consider laws and regulations in an audit of financial statements before carrying out the audit assignment.

i) State examples of the possible type of information that might have come to the auditors’ attention that might indicate non-compliance with the Factories, Offices, and Shops Act. (5 marks)

ii) Evaluate the possible effect on the financial statements for non-compliance with the law according to ISA 250. (5 marks)

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AAA – Nov 2019 – L3 – Q2 – The audit approach, Planning, Audit evidence

Evaluate five business risks facing Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL) during audit planning.

Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL) is a large company, operating in the retail industry, with a year ended 31 December 2018. You are a manager in Jen & Co, responsible for the audit of Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL), and you have recently attended a planning meeting with Olivia Danso, the finance director of the company. As this is the first year that your firm will be acting as auditor for Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL), you need to gain an understanding of the business risks facing the new client. Notes from your meeting are as follows:

Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL) sells clothing, with a strategy of selling high fashion items under the RSCL brand name. New ranges of clothes are introduced to stores every eight weeks. The company relies on a team of highly skilled designers to develop new fashion ranges. The designers must be able to anticipate and quickly respond to changes in consumer preferences. There is a high staff turnover in the design team.

Most sales are made in-store, but there is also a very popular catalogue, from which customers can place an order online, or over the phone. The company has recently upgraded the computer system and improved the website, at significant cost, in order to integrate the website sales directly into the general ledger, and to provide an easier interface for customers to use when ordering and entering their credit card details. The new online sales system has allowed overseas sales for the first time.

The system for phone ordering has recently been outsourced. The contract for outsourcing went out to tender and Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL) awarded the contract to the company offering the least cost. The company providing the service uses an overseas phone call centre where staff costs are very low.

Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL) has recently joined the Ethical Trading Initiative. This is a ‘fair-trade’ initiative, which means that any products bearing the RSCL brand name must have been produced in a manner which is clean and safe for employees, and minimises the environmental impact of the manufacturing process. A significant advertising campaign promoting Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL)’s involvement with this initiative has recently taken place. The RSCL brand name was purchased a number of years ago and is recognised at cost as an intangible asset, which is not amortised. The brand represents 12% of the total assets recognised on the statement of financial position.

The company owns numerous distribution centres, some of which operate close to residential areas. A licence to operate the distribution centres is issued by each local government authority in which a centre is located. One of the conditions of the licence is that deliveries must only take place between 8 am and 6 pm. The authority also monitors the noise level of each centre, and can revoke the operating licence if a certain noise limit is breached. Two licences were revoked for a period of three months during the year.

To help your business understanding, Olivia Danso has e-mailed to you extracts from the draft statement of comprehensive income, and the relevant comparative figures, which are shown below.

Extract from draft Statement of Comprehensive Income
Year ending 31 December

Revenue: Retail outlets 2018 Draft (GH¢ million) 2017 Actual (GH¢ million)
Phone and on-line sales 1,030 1,140
Total revenue 425 395
Operating profit 1,455 1,535
Finance costs 245 275
Profit before tax (25) (22)
Profit before tax 220 253

Additional Information:

Number of stores 2018 Draft 2017 Actual
Number of stores 210 208
Average revenue per store GH¢ 4·905 mn GH¢ 5·77 mn
Number of phone orders 680,000 790,000
Number of on-line orders 1,020,000 526,667
Average spend per order GH¢ 250 GH¢ 300

Required:

a) Prepare briefing notes to be used at a planning meeting with your audit team, in which you evaluate FIVE (5) business risks facing Retail Specialist Co. Ltd (RSCL) to be considered when planning the final audit for the year ended 31 December 2018.

(10 marks)

b) Using the information provided, identify and explain FIVE (5) risks of material misstatements that may affect the financial statements you are going to audit. (10 marks)

 

 

 

 

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AAA – Nov 2016 – L3 – Q3 – Planning | Audit Evidence

Identify and explain audit risks, procedures, and evidence related to Kpandu Sika Ltd. for the year ended 31 December 2015.

You are a manager in Amable & Co, a firm of Chartered Accountants, responsible for the audit of Kpandu Sika Limited for the year ended 31 December 2015. Kpandu Sika Limited is a company listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) which has been a client of your firm in the past three years. The company manufactures consumer electronic appliances which are then sold to major retail organizations. You are aware that during the last year, Kpandu Sika Limited lost several customer contracts due to cheap imports. However, a new division has been created to sell its products directly to individual customers in Ghana and worldwide via a new website, which was launched on 1 December 2015.

Financial information provided by the Finance Manager is shown below:

STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS

 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT

 

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

NOTES:
i) Kpandu Sika Limited established an equity-settled share-based payment plan for its executives on 1 January 2015. 250 executives and senior managers have received 100 share options each, which vest on 31 December 2015 if the executive remains in employment at that date and if Kpandu Sika Limited’s share price increases by 10% per annum. No expense has been recognized this year as Kpandu Sika Limited’s share price has fallen by 5% in the last six months, and so it is felt that the condition relating to the share price will not be met this year-end.
ii) On 1 July 2015, Kpandu Sika Limited entered into a lease which has been accounted for as a finance lease and capitalized at GH¢19 million. The leased property is used as the head office for Kpandu Sika Limited’s new website development and sales division. The lease term is for five years and the fair value of the property at the inception of the lease was GH¢76 million.
iii) On 30 June 2015 Kpandu Sika Limited’s properties were revalued by an independent expert.
iv) A significant amount has been invested in the new website, which is seen as a major strategic development for the company. The website has generated minimal sales since its launch last month, and advertising campaigns are currently being conducted to promote the site.
v) The long-term borrowings are due to be repaid in two equal installments on 30 September 2016 and 2017. Kpandu Sika Limited is in the process of renegotiating the loan, to extend the repayment dates, and to increase the amount of the loan.
vi) The provision relates to product warranties offered by the company.
vii) The overdraft limit agreed with Kpandu Sika Limited’s bank is GH¢5.7 million.

Required:
a) Using the information provided by the Finance Manager, identify and explain the principal audit risks to be considered in planning the final audit.
(10 marks)

b) State the principal audit procedures which should be performed in respect of the provision for the product warranties offered by the company.
(6 marks)

c) State the principal audit evidence which you would expect to find in respect of the classification of the new lease in terms of IAS 17 Leases (Do not consider the application of the new leasing standard IFRS 16 Leases).
(4 marks)

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AAA – Nov 2017 – L3 – Q1a – Planning, Audit Evidence

Analyze the materiality of management's plans to discontinue sales of ladies wear and the provision for redundant employees.

The draft accounts of your client Good Days Ltd., a shopping mall for the year ended 31 December 2016 showed the following:

2016 (GH¢ million) 2015 (GH¢ million)
Revenue 84.40 83.60
Profit before tax 5.00 4.40
Total Assets 75.00 46.80

In December 2016, management announced plans to stop the sales of ladies wear from the end of the month. These sales amounted to GH¢1.4 million for the year ended 31 December 2016 (2015 GH¢1.6 million). A provision of GH¢0.6 million has been made at 31 December 2016 for the compensation of redundant employees who are mainly sales girls.

Required:
Comment on the materiality of these two plans.

Note: The following materiality levels are to be used as benchmarks:

Value %
Profit Before Tax 5
Gross Profit ½ – 1
Revenue ½ – 1
Total Assets 1 – 2
Net Assets 2 – 5
Profit After Tax 5 – 12

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AAA – May 2020 – L3 – Q1b – Planning, Audit evidence

Analyze specific issues pertinent to the audit of Mobilefone Ltd, including risks associated with the rapid growth of the client, weak internal controls, and the introduction of new products.

Mobilefone Ltd (Mobilefone) is a large communication group which operates from several locations around the world. It has recently announced plans to expand its operations where it will offer a range of mobile communication facilities and provide internet services such as access, navigation, and internet-related software and services.

You are an Audit Manager of Kasim Hamza & Co. and you have been assigned with the planning work for the audit of Mobilefone, and this will be the second year in which your firm has provided its audit services.

You have just met with the Finance Director (FD) of Mobilefone prior to agreeing on the engagement letter for this year. The FD has informed you that Mobilefone has continued to grow quickly, with financial accounting systems changing rapidly and appropriate control systems being difficult to maintain. Additional services in terms of review and implementation of control systems have been requested. An internal audit department has recently been established within Mobilefone, and the controller wants you to ensure that external audit work is limited by using this department.

You have also learned that Mobilefone is to market a new type of mobile telephone, which is able to intercept messages from the emergency services. The legal status of this telephone is unclear at present, and development is not being publicized. The granting of the franchise to market the mobile telephone is dependent on the financial stability of Mobilefone. The FD has indicated that Kasim Hamza & Co. may be asked to provide a report to the mobile telephone franchiser regarding Mobilefone’s cash flow forecast for the year ending 31 March 2019, to support the franchise application.

Required:
As part of risk assessment procedures for the audit of Mobilefone for the year ending 31 March 2019, analyze FIVE (5) specific issues pertinent to this particular audit.
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AAA – Nov 2018 – L3 – Q1b – Audit evidence, Planning

Discuss the auditor’s need to identify related party transactions during an audit.

Central to a number of government investigations in Ghana have been companies trading with organisations or individuals other than at arm’s length. Such transactions were made possible by a degree of control or influence by directors over both parties to the transactions. ISA 550: Related parties covers this area.

Management is responsible for the identification of related party transactions. Such transactions should be properly approved as they are frequently not at arm’s length. Management is also responsible for the disclosure of related party transactions.

As a senior partner of your audit firm, you are considering how to identify all the related party transactions of your audit client whose financial statement for the year ended December 31, 2017, you are about to audit.

Required:
Discuss FOUR (4) reasons why the auditor needs to identify related parties transactions during an audit. (8 marks)

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AAA – Nov 2018 – L3 – Q1a – The audit approach, Planning

Analytical review and risk assessment based on the draft statement of profit or loss for Black Gold Co. Ltd

 

Your audit firm, Beauties Consult, is going to audit for the first time the financial statements of Black Gold Co. Ltd. for the year ended 31 December, 2017. Black Gold Co. Ltd. operates a chain of fuel filling stations in the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Western Regions of Ghana. Customers pay cash for the main products – premium, diesel, and kerosene.

According to its directors, the company has had a “challenging” year and is renegotiating its bank overdraft facility with its bankers. The Statement of Profit or Loss for the year ended 31 December, 2016, is shown below together with the draft Statement of Profit or Loss for the year ended 31 December, 2017.

Required:
As head of the audit team, you are carrying out risk assessment at the planning stage. Perform an analytical review of the draft statement of profit or loss to identify possible risk areas requiring further audit work and provide the necessary risk responses. (12 marks)

 

 

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AAA – May 2018 – L3 – Q5a – The audit approach, Planning

Identifying and managing business risks facing Citilink Airlines, including leasing, service suspension, and onboard services.

Citilink Airlines was given an exclusive right by the Ministry of Aviation (MOA) to provide twice weekly direct flights between Accra and Johannesburg. The introduction of this service has been well advertised as ‘efficient and timely’ in national newspapers. The journey time between Accra and Johannesburg is expected to be significantly reduced, so as to encourage tourism and business development opportunities in Johannesburg. Citilink Airlines operates a refurbished 35-year-old aircraft which is leased from an international airline and registered with the MOA. The MOA requires that engines be overhauled every two years. Engine overhauls are expected to put the aircraft out of commission for several weeks. The aircraft is configured to carry 15 First Class, 50 Business Class, and 76 Economy Class passengers. The aircraft has a package to reserve holding capacity for Johannesburg’s numerous horticultural growers (e.g., cocoa, cashew, and fruits) and general cargo.

The six-hour journey offers an in-flight movie, a meal, hot and cold drinks, and tax-free shopping. All meals are prepared in Accra under a contract with an airport catering company. Passengers are invited to complete a ‘satisfaction’ questionnaire which is included with the in-flight entertainment and shopping guide. Responses received show that passengers are generally least satisfied with the quality of the food – especially on the Johannesburg to Accra flight. Citilink Airlines employs ten full-time cabin crew attendants who are trained in air-stewardship including passenger safety in the event of an accident and illness. Flight personnel (the captain and co-pilots) are provided under a contract with the international airline from which the aircraft is leased. At the end of each flight, the captain completes a timesheet detailing the crew and actual flight time. Citilink Airlines was incorporated in South Africa, whose capital town is Johannesburg on March 1, 2017, and now operates in Ghana whose capital town is Accra. Ticket sales are made by Citilink Airlines and travel agents in South Africa and Ghana. On a number of occasions, Economy seating has been over-booked. Customers who have been affected by this have been accommodated in Business Class as there is much less demand for this, and even less for First Class. Ticket prices for each class depend on many factors, for example, whether the tickets are refundable/non-refundable, exchangeable/non-exchangeable, single or return, mid-week or weekend, and the time of booking. Citilink’s insurance cover includes passenger liability, freight/baggage, and compensation insurance. Premiums for passenger liability insurance are determined on the basis of passenger miles flown.

Required:
i) Identify and explain FIVE business risks facing Citilink Airlines. (5 marks)
ii) Describe how the risks identified in (a) could be managed and maintained at an acceptable level by Citilink Airlines. (5 marks)

(Note. Assume it is 31 December 2017)

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AAA – May 2018 – L3 – Q1 -Planning, Audit Evidence, Evaluation and Review

This set of questions requires a comprehensive approach to investigating the losses incurred by PQR Ltd., focusing on key areas such as planning the investigation, evaluating potential undervaluation of inventory, performing tests to quantify any undervaluation, identifying reasons for high material consumption, and verifying the accuracy of material consumption in the management accounts. The investigation involves considerations like resource allocation, scope definition, inventory count accuracy, valuation methods, wastage, theft, and cut-off procedures.

As the Senior Audit Manager in MNO & Co, a firm of Chartered Accountants, you have
just had a meeting with a Senior Partner at the firm, in which he informed you that you
have to carry out an investigation requested by the Management of ECO Ltd.

i) One of ECO Ltd’s subsidiaries, PQR Ltd, has been making losses for the past year. ECO Ltd’s management is concerned about the accuracy of PQR’s most recent quarter’s management accounts. The summarised statements of profit or loss for the last three quarters are as follows:

Quarter to 31-Mar 2018

GH¢’000

 Quarter to 31-Dec 2017

GH¢’000

 Quarter to 30-Sep 2017

GH¢’000
Revenue 429  334  343
Opening inventory 180 163 203
Materials 318 251 200
Direct wages 62 54 74
560 468 477
Less closing inventory (162) (180) (163)
Cost of goods sold 398 288 314
Gross profit 31 46 29
Less overheads (63) (75) (82)
Net loss (32) (29) (53)
Gross profit (%) 7.2% 13.8% 8.5%
Materials (% of revenue) 78.3% 70.1% 70.0%
Labour (% of revenue) 14.5% 16.2% 21.6%

ii) ECO Ltd’s management board believes that the high material consumption as a percentage of revenue for the quarter to 31 March 2018 is due to one or more of the following factors:

  • Under-counting or under-valuation of closing inventory
  • Excessive consumption or wastage of materials
  • Material being stolen by employees or other individuals

iii) PQR Ltd has a small number of large customers and manufactures its products to each customer’s specification. The selling price of the product is determined by:

  • Estimating the cost of materials;
  • Estimating the labour cost; and
  • Adding a mark-up to cover overheads and provide a normal profit.

iv) The estimated costs are not compared with actual costs. Although it is possible to analyse purchase invoices for materials between customers’ orders, this analysis has not been done.

v) A physical inventory count is carried out at the end of each quarter. Items of inventory are entered on inventory sheets and valued manually. The company does not maintain perpetual inventory records and a full physical count is to be carried out at the financial year end, 30 June 2018.

vi) The direct labour cost included in the inventory valuation is small and should be assumed to be constant at the end of each quarter.

vii) Historically, the cost of materials consumed has been about 70% of revenue. The management accounts to 31 March 2018 are to be assumed to be correct.

Required:

a) Identify and describe the matters that you should consider and the procedures you should carry out in order to plan an investigation of PQR Ltd.’s losses. (10 marks)

b) Explain the matters you should consider to determine whether closing inventory at 31 March 2018 is undervalued. (3 marks)

c) Describe the tests you should plan to perform to quantify the amount of any undervaluation. (3 marks)

d) Identify and explain the possible reasons for the apparent high materials consumption in the quarter ended 31 March 2018. (2 marks)

e) Describe the tests you should plan to perform to determine whether materials consumption, as shown in the management accounts, is correct. (2 marks)

(Total: 20 marks)

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AAA – Nov 2015 – L3 – Q4 – The audit approach, Audit evidence, Planning, Professional responsibility and liability

his question addresses the specific considerations for initial audit engagements and evaluates the audit risks in planning the audit of a newly listed company.

You are a manager in the audit department of Yao Asaglo & Co, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants, and you have just been assigned to the audit of High-Tec Limited, a new audit client of your firm, with a financial year ended 31 May 2015. High-Tec Limited, has just been listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). It is an e-commerce facilitator and has grown rapidly in the last few years.

High-Tec Limited was formed ten years ago by Ms. Ama Tawiah, a graduate in e-commerce from Ashesi University. The company designs, develops software for e-commerce with high security features which have won industry awards. In the last two years, the company invested GHS400m in creating new software to appeal to a large number of multinational companies, and sales are now made in over 10 countries. The software is developed in this country, but the manufacture of the security features, for the obvious reason, takes place overseas.

The software is largely sold through retail outlets, but approximately 30% of High-Tec Limited’s revenue is generated through sales made on the company’s website.

In some countries, High-Tec Limited’s products are distributed under a franchise agreement which gives the franchise holder the exclusive right to sell the products in that country. The cost of each franchise to the distributor depends on the estimated sales in the country to which it relates, and the franchise lasts for an average of five years. The income which High-Tec Limited receives from the sale of a franchise is deferred over the period of the franchise. At 31 May 2015, the total amount of deferred income recognized in High-Tec Limited’s statement of financial position is GHS72 million.

As part of a five-year strategic plan, High-Tec Limited obtained a GSE listing in December 2014. The listing and related share issue raised a significant amount of finance, and many shares are held by institutional investors. Ama Tawiah retains a 20% equity shareholding, and a further 10% of the company’s shares are held by her family members.

Despite being listed, the company does not have an internal audit department, and there is only one non-executive director on the board.

a) Comment on the matters that you should consider specific to initial audit engagement when developing the audit strategy for High-Tec Limited. (6 marks)

b) Evaluate the audit risks to be considered in planning the audit of High-Tec Limited. (14 marks)

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AAA – Nov 2020 – L3 – Q2a – Planning | Audit Evidence | Evaluation and Review

Identify and explain significant audit risks and other matters when planning the final audit for Manuf Co. for the year ended 31 March 2019.

Using the information provided, identify and explain the significant audit risks, and any other matters to be considered when planning the final audit for Manuf Co. for the year ended 31 March 2019. (15 marks)

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