Module 3 Preparation

A division of your company purchased a large quantity of new desktop computers during the current fiscal year. An internal audit manager has asked you to audit the process used to acquire the computers. He also wants you to determine whether the computers have been used properly and accounted for correctly. The manager specified a set of audit objectives to guide your tests. For example, he wants you to determine whether: (1) The purchases of the computers were properly authorized. (2) Responsibilities regarding the computers were properly segregated. (3) The computers, as well as the software and information they contain, are properly safeguarded. Consider both physical and logical access。 (4) Laws and regulations regarding software usage have been complied with. (5) The computers recorded as being purchased actually exist. (6) All of the computers that were purchased have been recorded. (7) The amounts at which the computers are recorded are correct. (8) The estimated useful lives…

Kelly Griffin, an audit manager, had begun preliminary analytical procedures of selected statistics related to the Majestic Hotel. Her objective was to obtain an understanding of the hotel’s business in order to draft a preliminary audit plan. She wanted to see whether she could detect any troublesome areas or questionable accounts that couldrequire special audit attention. Unfortunately, Griffin caught the flu and was hospitalized. From her sickbed, she sent you the schedule she had prepared (Exhibit 4.55.1) and has asked you to write a memorandum identifying areas of potential misstatements or other matters that the preliminary audit plan should cover. Check the below image for Exhibit 4.55.1 Required:Write a memorandum describing Majestic’s operating characteristics compared to the industry average insofar as you can tell from the statistics. Do these analytical procedures identify any areas that could represent potential misstatements in the audit?

It is assumed that this year the company also changed the location of the production line to a new factory. One of the conditions that allows production in the new factory is that company must, at the end of the useful life of factory, dismantle the factory and repair any environmental damage caused to the land on which it is situated. Require: For this information, identify the audit risk to be consider in planning audit and audit procedures to response these risk.

Roland Company, a retail store, has utilized your services as independent auditor for several years. During the current year, the company opened a new store, and in the course of your annual audit, you verify the cost of the fixtures installed in the new store by examining purchase orders, invoices, and other documents. This audit brings to light an understated invoice nearly a year old in which a clerical error by the supplier, Western Showcase, Inc., caused the total of the invoice to read $28,893.62 when it should have read $82,893.62. The invoice was paid immediately upon receipt without any notice of the error, and subsequent statements and correspondence from Western Showcase, Inc., showed that the account with Roland Company had been paid in full. Assume that the amount in question is material in relation to the financial position of both companies. What action should you take in this situation? If the client should decline to take any action in the matter, would you insist…

Best Wood Furniture, Inc., a non-issuer that produces wood furniture, is undergoing a year 2 audit. The situations below describe changes made during year 2 that may or may not contribute to audit risk. For each situation, select the impact, if any, that the situation has on a specific component of audit risk for the year 2 audit. Selections are for once, more than once, or not at all. Consider each situation independently.   Situation Impact on audit risk   In year 2, the auditor noted that the company's newly hired purchasing agent was not obtaining competitive bids for all major purchase requisitions as required.       Early in year 2, the company expanded its warranty program to cover additional major products in an effort to increase sales.       The audit partner decided that the audit team needed to perform additional tests of detail over payroll in addition to the substantive analytical procedures done last year over payroll.…

Roland Company, a retail store, has utilized your services as independent auditor for several years. During the current year, the company opened a new store, and in the course of your annual audit, you verify the cost of the fixtures installed in the new store by examining purchase orders, invoices, and other documents. This audit brings to light an understated invoice nearly a year old in which a clerical error by the supplier, Western Showcase, Inc., caused the total of the invoice to read $28,893.62 when it should have read $82,893.62. The invoice was paid immediately upon receipt without any notice of the error, and subsequent statements and correspondence from Western Showcase, Inc., showed that the account with Roland Company had been paid in full. Assume that the amount in question is material in relation to the financial position of both companies.   If the client should decline to take any action in the matter, would you insist that the unpaid amount of $54,000 be included in…

Roland Company, a retail store, has utilized your services as independent auditor for several years. During the current year, the company opened a new store, and in the course of your annual audit, you verify the cost of the fixtures installed in the new store by examining purchase orders, invoices, and other documents. This audit brings to light an understated invoice nearly a year old in which a clerical error by the supplier, Western Showcase, Inc., caused the total of the invoice to read $28,893.62 when it should have read $82,893.62. The invoice was paid immediately upon receipt without any notice of the error, and subsequent statements and correspondence from Western Showcase, Inc., showed that the account with Roland Company had been paid in full. Assume that the amount in question is material in relation to the financial position of both companies.   Assuming that you were later retained to make an audit of Western Showcase, Inc., would you utilize the information gained in…

The internal auditors of Brown Electrical Company report to the controller. Because of changes made in the past year to several of the transaction processing programs, the internal auditors created a new test data set. The external auditors requested that the old data set also be run. The internal auditors, embarrassed, explained that they overwrote the original test data set. Required: Outline any potential risks, and determine the courses of action the external auditor should take.

Match the following terms and descriptions. 1. Audit planning 2. Preventive Controls 3. System Evaluation and Selection 4. Recovery Operations Centre (ROC) 5. The Sarbanes/Oxley Act Section 404 Identify optimal solution from alternatives. Involves feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis steps. In the event of a major disaster, a subscriber can occupy the premises and, within a few hours, resume processing critical applications. The auditor's objective is to obtain sufficient information about the firm to plan the other phases of the audit. Requires the management of public companies to assess the effectiveness of their organization's internal controls Passive techniques designed to reduce the frequency of occurrence of undesirable events.

Abbott & Partners audit firm has audited Pretty Valley Shire council for two years,performing both a statutory audit of the financial reports and a compliance audit forthe government department in charge of local councils’ landfill waste disposal sites. Inall previous control testing, no exceptions were detected. The junior auditor on theengagement has suggested that no work on internal controls is required because lastyear’s evidence will be sufficient. Required: Explain why the junior auditor’s suggestion is not appropriate.

Please solve all questions. You are the manager responsible for the audit of Kicap Manis Berhad, a listed company, for the year ended 31 December 2019. The main business activity of Kicap Manis Berhad is the manufacture of farm machinery. The audit work has been completed, and you are reviewing the working papers in order to draft a report to those charged with governance. During the audit of property, plant and equipment (PPE), the audit team found no material misstatement but the following issues have come to your attention.   It was discovered that authorization had not been gained for the purchase of office equipment with a cost of RM315,000. The officer in charge of the purchase claimed that the management has conveyed their agreement with the purchase in the management team monthly meeting, but the audit team has not been furnished with such minutes of meeting even after numerous requests.   The client is using an internally developed PPE system, PropertyCare, to maintain the…

The internal auditors of Tantacle Electrical Company report to the controller. Because of changes made in the past year to several of the transaction processing programs, the internal auditors created a new test data set. The external auditors requested that the old date set also be run. The internal auditors, embarrassed, explained that they overwrote the original test data set.Outline any potential risks and determine the courses of action the external auditor should take.

You are an auditor working with JUMAN audit firm. JUMAN audit firm accepted two engagements to audit the financial statements of MUNER company and MUHEET company. Explain how risk of material misstatement should he assessed and what effect that assessment will have on detection risk for the following audit clients:  MUHEET Corporationis one of several companies engaged in the manufacture of high- speed, high- capacity data storage devices. The industry is very competitive and subject to quick changes in technology. MUHEET’s operating results would place the company in the second quartile in terms of profitability and financial position. The company has never been the leader in the industry, with its products typically slightly behind the industry leaders in terms of performance.

Which of the following controls will most likely justify a reduced assessed level ofcontrol risk for the existence assertion for equipment?(1) Internal auditors periodically select equipment items in the fixed assets masterfile and locate the related equipment on company premises.(2) Department heads are asked to provide information to the accounting department each quarter about any equipment no longer in use or somewhat damaged.(3) All contracts of equipment purchases are reviewed by both the controller andattorney to verify that legal title transfers to the client and that none representoperating leases.(4) As part of quarterly and annual inventory physical counts, factory equipment islisted and subsequently reconciled to the fixed asset master file.

Zest Airlines Philippines (FTG)  FTG & CO. an accounting and auditing firm was engaged by Zest Airlines Philippines to audit the company for reporting year ended December 31, 2020. You were assigned by FTG to plan the audit, and based on your experienced of the environment, your team will focus on property, plant and equipment material risk that might arise. Based on the your examination and test of record you traced the following transactions:    On January 1, 2020, Zest Airlines contracted with LIPAD Aircraft to construct an aircraft to Zest’s specifications at a cost of P20,000,000. During 2020, Zest paid LIPAD P4,000,000 on January 1, and another P2,500,000 on September 30.    On the same day, January 1, Zest borrowed P3,600,000 at 13% to partially finance the construction, an obligation still outstanding at the end of 2020.    The remaining amount paid to LIPAD was financed from available working capital. Zest has approximately P16,000,000 of additional debt outstanding at an…

Zest Airlines Philippines  (FTG)                   FTG & CO. an accounting and auditing firm was engaged by Zest Airlines Philippines to audit             the company for reporting year ended December 31, 2020.  You were assigned by FTG to         plan the audit, and based on your experienced of the environment, your team will focus on                property, plant and equipment material risk that might arise.                   Based on the your examination and test of record you traced the following transactions:                   On January 1, 2020, Zest Airlines contracted with LIPAD Aircraft to construct an aircraft to Zest’s specifications at a cost ofP20,000,000. During 2020, Zest paid LIPADP4,000,000 on January 1, and anotherP2,500,000 on September 30.                                 On the same day, January 1, Zest borrowed P3,600,000 at 13% to partially finance the construction, an obligation still outstanding at the end of 2020.                                 The…

You are involved with the audit of Jelco Company for year 1 and have been asked to consider the confirmation reply results indicated below. For each confirmation reply, select the proper action to be taken from the following possible actions: (Each of the "Action" items may be used once, more than once, or not at all.) (1)Exception; propose an adjustment. (2)Send a second confirmation request to the customer. (3) Examine shipping documents and/or subsequent cash receipts. (4)Verify whether the additional invoices noted on the confirmation reply pertain to the year under audit or the subsequent year. (5) Not an exception; no further audit work is necessary. Proper Action Customer Reply (and any audit action already taken) a. "We mailed the check for this on December 31." "We returned those goods on December 2." You have been able to determine that the goods were received by the client on December 29, but not recorded until January 2. c. "We also owe for two more invoices for purchases…

For the following independent situations, assume that you are the audit partner on the engagement: 1. In reviewing of subsequent events, you learned of heavy damage to the client's warehouse due to a fire occurred after year-end. The loss will partly be reimbursed by insurance. The newspaper described the event in detail. The client made adjustment to related inventories and buildings to reflect the loss. 2. All facts are the same as situation 1, but the client did not make adjustment to year end figure of inventory. 3. During the course of examination on your audit client, you suspect that a material amount of assets has been misappropriated through fraud. Management refuses to allow you to investigate further to confirm the suspicions. 4. The client's financing arrangements expired and the amount outstanding was past due. The client cannot renegotiate or obtain refinancing and is considering filing bankruptcy. Financial statements were prepared using the going concern basis and this…

You are an auditor working with JUMAN audit firm. JUMAN audit firm accepted two engagements to audit the financial statements of MUNER company and MUHEET company. Explain how risk of material misstatement should he assessed and what effect that assessment will have on detection risk for the following two audit clients:   MUNER firm, is a fast-growing trucking company operating in the southeastern part of the West Bank. The company is publicly held, but Hafeth Khalil and his sons control 58 percent of the stock. Hafeth Khalil is chairman of the board and CEO. He personally makes all major decisions with little consultation with the board of directors. Most of the directors, however, are either members of the Khalil family or long-standing friends. The board basically rubber-stamps Hafeth Khalil's decisions.

You are an auditor, and you were appointed to check the threats and the controls of the expenditure cycle for the Illinois school district. Upon visiting the company, you observed the following: The centralized purchasing department in the Illinois school district received a purchase requisition from the marketing department for $8,000. The purchase requisition does not contain a vendor's name because the items in the requisition form were not purchased from a supplier that the school district dealt with before. Upon receiving the form, the responsible person in the centralized purchasing department forwarded the purchase requisition to a supplier. After 2 months, the school received the items, and they were entered into the school's store by the same person who issued the purchase order and who documented the received goods on a while piece of paper. Required: detect the weaknesses in the process, suggest compensating controls, and list them in a table like the one below.

During the audit of Company XYZ, John Doe, the plant manager tells you that the company purchased and an equipment at the beginning of the year that is currently being used in the factory.  The equipment was recorded at cost. The manager asks you, now that we are using the machine in our production do we need to any additional accounting for the machine?   Using the related GAAP and prepare a memo to the president that summarizes how to record, and the machine used in the factory.

7.9  Lancaster Company makes electrical parts for contractors and home improvement retail stores. After their annual audit, Lancaster’s auditors commented on the following items regarding internal controls over equipment: The operations department that needs the equipment normally initiates a pur- chase requisition for equipment. The operations department supervisor discusses the proposed purchase with the plant manager. If there are sufficient funds in the requesting department’s equipment budget, a purchase requisition is submitted to the purchasing department once the plant manager is satisfied that the request is reasonable. When the purchasing department receives either an inventory or an equipment pur- chase requisition, the purchasing agent selects an appropriate supplier and sends them a purchase order. When equipment arrives, the user department installs it. The property, plant, and equipment control accounts are supported by schedules organized by year of ac- quisition.…

You are the supervisor accountable for the audit of Kicap Manis Berhad, a listed agency, for the 12 months ended 31 December 2019. The major enterprise activity of Kicap Manis Berhad is the manufacture of farm machinery. The audit paintings has been completed, and you are reviewing the operating papers in order to draft a file to those charged with governance. during the audit of property, plant and gadget (PPE), the audit team located no cloth misstatement but the subsequent issues have come to your interest. It changed into found that authorization had not been won for the buy of office equipment with a fee of RM315,000. The officer in rate of the buy claimed that the management has conveyed their settlement with the buy in the management team month-to-month meeting, but the audit team has now not been provided with such mins of assembly even after numerous requests. The purchaser is the use of an internally evolved PPE gadget, PropertyCare, to hold the records of the PPE. It became…

In reviewing of subsequent events, you learned of heavy damage to the client’s warehouse due to a fire occurred after year-end. The loss will partly be reimbursed by insurance. The newspaper described the event in detail. The client made adjustment to related inventories and buildings to reflect the loss. All facts are the same as situation 1, but the client did not make adjustment to year end figure of inventory. During the course of examination on your audit client, you suspect that a material amount of assets has been misappropriated through fraud. Management refuses to allow you to investigate further to confirm the suspicions. The client’s financing arrangements expired and the amount outstanding was past due. The client cannot renegotiate or obtain refinancing and is considering filing bankruptcy. Financial statements were prepared using the going concern basis and this fact is not disclosed. An equipment which was used by the client for more than 5 years is considered to…

As you are planning the annual audit of Norton Corporation, you note that the company has a number of user operated computers in use in various locations. One of the machines has been installed in the stores department, which has the responsibility for disbursing stock items and for maintaining stores records. In your audit, you find that one employee receives the requisitions for stores, disburses the stock, maintains the records, operates the computer, and authorizes adjustments to the total amounts of stock recorded by the computer. When you discuss the applicable controls with the department manager, you are told that the user operated computer is assigned exclusively to that department. Therefore, the manager contends that it does not require the same types of controls applicable to large IT systems. a. Comment on the manager’s contention.

The internal auditors of Tantacle Electrical Company report to the controller. Because ofchanges made in the past year to several of the transaction processing programs, the internalauditors created a new test data set. The external auditors requested that the old date set alsobe run. The internal auditors, embarrassed, explained that they overwrote the original testdata set.Required:Outline any potential risks and determine the courses of action the external auditor shouldtake.

In reviewing of subsequent events, you learned of heavy damage to the client’s warehouse due to a fire occurred after year-end. The loss will partly be reimbursed by insurance. The newspaper described the event in detail. The client made adjustment to related inventories and buildings to reflect the loss. Assume im a auditor, and I am giving opinion.  Since the client made adjustments to related inventories and buildings to reflect the loss after a heavy damage. However, it is a non-adjustable subsequent event, the company is not supposed to adjust the entries. Also, they haven’t claimed to make any footnotes to explain the crisis, which is inadequately disclosed, which both are accounting disagreements, since it is heavy damage, so both are supposed to be highly material, so adverse opinions should be issued. If the client did disclose the footnotes to explain the crisis, adverse opinions with explanatory opinion should be issued.  Is adverse opinion with explanatory paragraph…

FTG & CO. an accounting and auditing firm was engaged by Zest Airlines Philippines to audit the company for reporting year ended December 31, 2020.  You were assigned by FTG to plan the audit, and based on your experience of the environment, your team will focus on property, plant, and equipment material risks that might arise.                   Based on your examination and test of record you traced the following transactions:                   On January 1, 2020, Zest Airlines contracted with LIPAD Aircraft to construct an aircraft to Zest’s specifications at a cost ofP20,000,000. During 2020, Zest paid LIPADP4,000,000 on January 1, and anotherP2,500,000 on September 30.                                 On the same day, January 1, Zest borrowed P3,600,000 at 13% to partially finance the construction, an obligation still outstanding at the end of 2020.                                 The remaining amount paid to LIPAD was financed from available working capital. Zest has…

Star audit firm have started the annual audit of Carrefour Muscat. The auditors have a long meeting with their management. Their target is to conduct the audit during one week. The auditors have started their work. Identify which of the following is related to their audit process. Identifying the risk Conduct interviews Create audit procedure and plan Discussing corrective action plan

Regarding Murphy Ltd: Three (3) account areas that are at risk of material misstatement. For each account area identified above, one (1) key assertion that could be at risk. The audit procedures you would perform to gather sufficient appropriate evidence for each assertion Murphy Ltd Finally, Wayne tells you about Murphy Ltd, a large client with a diverse set of operations.  During Wayne’s audit of Murphy he found the following: Murphy manufactures wheat, yeast and various other goods needed to bake bread which it exports to bakers in Saudi Arabia. Recently the Saudi Arabian currency (Saudi riyal) has fallen in value and a number of Murphy’s customers are unable to settle their accounts. By the end of the year, Murphy is expecting to have outstanding receivables in excess of $1 million. Murphy also manufactures soft drink. Part of Murphy’s agreement with its distributors is that Murphy will supply fridges and advertising signs for the distributors to use. These fridges are rented to…